Tips for Powerpoints

I read a book in a class last semester titled "Beyond Bullet Points." This was written by Cliff Atkinson and was all about changing from the regular format of PowerPoint's and making them more efficient. The main points that the book listed was you must refrain from using bullet points and write no more than eight words on a slide. Your slides should simply give a basic outline of what you will be talking about while the slide is up. It is also very important to keep your pictures closely related to what you are talking about. It is more important for your slides to be clearly visible and easy to read than it is for them to be colorful and pretty.