Have you ever been to a seminar or a talk where a group of talented speakers present their ideas, products and services but they have neglected their audience’s impressions towards their dull PowerPoint (PPT) presentations? Despite the presentation gadgets that they use and how talented the presenters are, they would still fail to engage with their audience when they still displaying such worst looking PPT slides in front of their audience.
In that case, if you are seriously wanted to impress your audience – hence, you need to start thinking based on the audience’s perspective in order to create an enhancing PPT presentation. Here are some things that you should take note:
1. Most audience would prefer clean and pleasant-looking slide layouts – Start using slide layouts with dark colored backgrounds like black, dark blue and grey colored slide background. It is not necessary that you choose those slide layouts with animations, images or patterns that could possibly distract your audience’s perception.
2. Most audience usually like short texts with large font sizes – The ideal way to improve the visibility of the content of your presentation is to place short texts at the center of the PPT slide. Then, increase the font size of the texts until you feel that the audience could clearly see it from all angles. Personally, I would use Calibri or Century Gothic font with size range between 32 and 44.
3. Most audience would like to see related high resolution images – It is common to see presenters who have inserted low resolution images which are originated from various stock photography websites. In addition, most people would not like presenters to display images or photos that have watermark print on them. Therefore, you can use the ClipArt to search for related high resolution images and insert them to your PPT slides.
4. Most audience would not prefer lengthy PPT presentations – Many would get tired easily when they are succumbing to long-hours talk and it is possible to minimize the presentation time frame by applying Pecha Kucha presenting method – which a presenter is given about less than 7 minutes to present all his or her 20 slides. Such method can boost creativity among presenters that could possibly lighten the atmosphere and inspire both presenters and audience.
5. Most audience have the habit of taking notes – Besides enlarging the font size, you need to allocate a few seconds for your audience to read through each slide and allow them to take notes. Be courteous with your audience when you want to move on to the next slide.
Hope that you would be able to engage with your audience and gain good rapport from them from these tips above. Start creating an effective PowerPoint presentation now!
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