Creating Strong Slide Presentations

  This is hardly my area of expertise.  In reading some information about it I ended up reading this article.  Creating a string slide presentation by Diane Windingland,  a Toastmaster from Texas.  Coincidentally, a person I have conversed with on social media about Toastmasters and so forth.  She is a very nice person! 

  

  Her article covers some very basic things and I think are worth of consideration when developing slides for a presentation. 

1. Start with the message not the slides! 

This may seem obvious but I think we so often get caught up in making a slide “beautiful” that the message takes a “back seat” to the slides appearance and so forth.  

 

2. Write Headlines not just Titles

  I really liked this point.  The example they give is A title would be Q2 Sales,  Instead Write Q2 Sales jumped 15%.  Title vrs. headline! 

3. Reveal information Step by step not all at once. 

  Probably the one I hear evaluated most often.  A very busy or crowded slide is self defeating in delivering your message.  Typically more slides with less on them is a better approach than a busy, crowded slide with too much information on it. 

Some other quick tips in the article I liked! 

• Keep one idea per visual.
• Guide the eye with color and layout.
• Talk about the slide—don’t read it.

 There is so much more information out there about effective and quality slide development. These are some quick tips to help out. 

https://www.toastmasters.org/magazine/magazine-issues/2026/march/creating-a-strong-slide-presentation