PowerPoint Guidelines

1) I agree with most of the tips from the article and I think "keep it simple" is the most important and applies to any presentation.

2) The "logical flow" of slides is also pretty important so your viewers aren't confused or stop paying attention because they don't understand.

Powerpoint is, above all, a visual tool, so I think one important guideline to always keep in mind is to try and make your slideshow appealing without being too overwhelming. I find it annoying when a presentation has so much information that is obviously just copied and pasted from a Word document without the slightest effort to make it look more attractive because the presenter has made no effort to make his or her information more accessible and easy to understand. In the article about really bad powerpoints, the built-in slides should be driving people away instead of giving them an easy way out.

3)Presenters should practice their presentation, from setting it up to ending it to avoid technical difficulties or find things to improve on.

4) Try posing questions as another way to keep your audience engaged and make the presentation more interactive and memorable.

However, I do think that the guideline Seth Godin suggests about never having more than six words on a slide is a bit extreme.

5) I think that a better guideline is just to make sure that the words on your presentation are not more overpowering than what you have to say.