Missing Features

The pitfalls of using PowerPoint slides for presentations are well known. However, conferences would be much improved if organizers gave presenters a few simple guidelines to follow.

Here are four quick tips:

1. Your first/title slide should include the presentation title, your name, your title, your company and some kind of contact (this all lends credibility);
2. When showing an image on a slide make the image as large as the slide;
3. Limit to 2-3 words per slide; and,
4. Do not read slides, have a conversation (each slide should either remind you of key themes to touch on during the chatter for that slide or evoke a reaction — thought, laughter, emotion, etc — in the audience).

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