Monday, October 27, 2008

Powerpoint

I believe that Powerpoint is a very essential and helpful tool when making a presentation. I enjoyed the articles because they could assist potential powerpoint users, such as myself, with future presentations. In order to create an effective presentation with powerpoint one must take several factors into account: simpleness of slides, size of font and images, appropriateness of information provided on the slides, proper order of slides, and the use of appealing colors. Presentations can be quite annoying when the slides have long and drawn out messages; they are much more effective with simple text and images. If the font of the words and the images are too small, it can be very tedious trying to decipher the message of the slide. Many slides in ineffective presentations provide superfluous information that adds nothing to the overall intention of the presentation. One must ensure that his or her slides are in proper order so that the presentation makes sense, otherwise it would be very aggravating to viewers. Finally, presentations should use appealing colors in order to attract viewers to the messages of the slides.

1 comment:

Amy's CS 1300 Blog said...

Nice blog Greg - simple really is better when it comes to Powerpoint. I look forward to seeing your presentation on Thursday