Ideas to Create an Exceptional PowerPoint Presentation

The term was introduced by ‘Microsoft’, and is commonly used by the presenters as a digital assistance while presenting their topic to an audience. PowerPoint is the most commonly used presentation software program. It is estimated that nearly 30 million Power Points are created daily across the globe.

Most of the business firms, while hiring the employees, consider Power Points as a test of the general marketing skills. To be an expert in this domain, you need to possess designing skills, technical knowledge, and a sense regarding personal style.

Generally, a PowerPoint is presented before a huge audience and thus, it should be developed in an appropriate and eye-catchy way to keep the viewers tuned till the end.

If you want to grab the attention of the audience, during the presentations, here are 5 tips to create a magnificent PPT.

• Audience – Before starting off with the preparations, make a list of your target audience. To whom are you directing the messages? This is an important question which needs to be clarified before the kick start of preparing PPTs. Try to collect the basic information such as their age, occupation, etc. which can ease your process of creating a PowerPoint presentation.

• Script – You need to prepare a unique and attractive content right before the creation of PPT. Generate the content by keeping your viewers or target audience in mind. The content or the script should be relevant and it should be formed in small points rather than long paragraphs. No one would be interested to read long essays on a PowerPoint slide. Keep it short and crisp, the rest facts can be explained by you during the presentation session. Follow a clear structure – beginning, body, and conclusion. Make your audience anxious to know more about your presentation.

• Design – Design is one of the most important element which should be taken care of while handling the presentation. PowerPoint can add visual flash to your slides such as fade, swipe, etc. Do not insert too many effects and annoy your audience. Try to use Sans Serif font such as Arial or Calibri for your body text. Colorful or decorative fonts such as flowers, calligraphy etc. can be utilized to highlight the main points and headings. Make sure to add a dark text on a light background. Arrange your text in such a way that it offers an easy readability.

• Images – They carry an equal weight-age similar to the content in a PowerPoint presentation. Some people believe that images are helpful whereas some believe that images cause a lot of distractions. Keeping these two views in mind, you should handle the usage of images effectively. Utilize minimum images but those images should be highly quality-oriented in nature. Try to use images wherever it is unnecessary and give a balance between the crisp content and pictures.

• Questions – Inserting questions in your content and slides are considered to be a powerful way to connect with your audience during the presentation session. Questions can generate interest and arouse a curiosity among the audiences. Try to get an answer from the audience too, to the questions displayed on the slide. It will make the audience feel that they too are a part of the presentation. It can build up the group communication.

These are just a few tips among a variety of other ways to create an interesting PPT. If you implement these basic 5 suggestions, it’s guaranteed that you can keep the audience active and energetic throughout the session. When you make them a part of your presentation, they too will share their ideas, which can expand your knowledge about that particular topic.

If you have any further suggestions, you are most welcome to add it in the comment session.