Powerpoint presentation tips...

[originally from http://particletree.com/notebook/powerpoint-and-presentation-tips/]

• Presentation Zen – Presentation Zen contains a wealth of information on creating professional presentations. Two of their articles which recently caught my eye are Gates, Jobs, & the Zen aesthetic and Living large: “Takahashi Method” uses king-sized text as a visual. I would highly recommend subscribing to this blog.

• Powerful Pointers for Presenters – A great list of articles and sites related to improving presentations.

• Beyond Bullets – People Communicating with People – Beyond Bullets talks a lot on how we can use PowerPoint to be more than bland bullet point presentations.

• Really Bad Powerpoint – This pdf by Seth Godin talks about Powerpoint mistakes and how to fix them.

• Garr Reynolds – Garr Reynolds, the man behind Presentation Zen also has a personal website Including tips on organization, presentation, and slide creation. There are also some great sample presentations you might want to check out.

• The “Change Up” in Lectures – Don’t worry, you’re not the only person dying of boredom in those long lectures. This article is a little dated but does a great job of explaining why our attention span is so short and how lecturers can liven up a presentation.