Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Bad PowerPoint Presentations

My bad PowerPoint presentation:

http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~fdonley/bad/What%20NOT%20to%20do_files/frame.htm

My top three favorite bad PowerPoint presentations:

  • Belen Vinueza's: She did a really good job of using different animations and pictures on one page to show how crowded and overwhelming it can be. Also, all of her slides were really informative. The ending page was really well done as well.
  • Chelsea Holmes': I really liked Chelsea's because the theme that she used really draws in the viewers attention. Also, her slides were good in that they talked about what not to do and then the slide was an example of what it said not to do. I think she created a really good bad PowerPoint.
  • Lauren Omer's:Her PowerPoint was humorous while informative at the same time. She did a good job of showing how pictures can be useless and how they can cover up important text making it unreadable.

    In a PowerPoint you should:
  1. Make sure the audience can read the text
  2. Use text colors that stand out
  3. Use pictures as supplements
  4. Put key points on the slides
  5. Use animations when appropriate
  6. Use transitions when appropriate
  7. Use correct spelling and grammar

In a PowerPoint you should not:

  1. Use text colors that blend into the background
  2. Use pictures as backgrounds
  3. Overload pages with animations
  4. Put the entire speech on the slide
  5. Cover the text with pictures
  6. Use small text or unreadable text

If you have any questions, please contact me.

Kate Donley

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good job on the presentation and the bad PowerPoint. Also good job on talking about transitions because no one else had talked about that in our class. Nice job!

Anonymous said...

I agree with Austin. Very good job on your Powerpoint, although I do not like dogs/puppies that much. And nice choice of graphic on "Transition 3."

Alex Dodson said...

Overall good job girl! You did a good job putting the slides together and I loved the dog slide.