POWERPOINT DO'S & DON'TS FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING

I know that a lot of people use these presentation tools and used well they can be excellent. Unfortunately, all too often, I see people making easily avoidable mistakes with the software. In this video I’ll share with you some simple tips that will help you connect with your audience and get them to engage with your presentation.

Tip no.1: Don’t read the bullets!

Power point and other presentation tools are there to help you reinforce your messages, to give the audience the key points that you want them to take away. Don’t use your slides as a script. It’s distracting and boring for the audience, as they know what’s coming before the words have even come out of your mouth.

Tip no.2: Don’t have too many words on the screen

If you start to put lines and lines of text onto your slides your audience will try and read it. As soon as you flip to a new slide filled with words you lose the focus of the audience as people try and read all the information that you put on the screen behind you.

Tip no.3: Keep it simple

Use a maximum of three bullet points per slide. That’s plenty. Use three to five words per bullet point. Don't over complicate things; leave people with the key messages

Tip no.4: Use images

I really encourage you to use pictures. Images stay with us much more powerfully than text and if we associate what you are saying with the image that you put on the screen, we are much more likely to remember it.

Tip no.5: Think of Power Point as your backdrop

Don’t let Power Point upstage you. We don't want people to remember the Power Point, we want them to remember you and what it is you said. Use your Power Point to enhance your presentation, but remember, Power Point isn't your presentation. You are your presentation: the words you speak and the connection that you make with your audience.

I’d love to hear your views on how to get the most out of Power Point, so please share your comments with me in the box below.

Keep shining!

Dominic

[seahorse]

...."power point isn't your presentation..I am the presentation"...thanks alot..very helpful..

[salvatorellicambridge]

Thanks for this. I am assigning this to my students before their next presentation. I hope they will take your advice, I have been telling & showing them the same stuff all along.

[antoinettehettiaratchy]

Excellent! I am gonna share this with my students. Thank you very much.

[Orchid_]

Thank you so much this helped me a lot! short and sweet and I get it!

[teacherwilliam_]

Wonderful video. Short, simple, and to the point (just like how my PPTs should be lol). Cheers!

[fee]

This is good. Will keep practicing knowing there will be more presentations as I restart my college courses.

[devkanwar]

Thank you sir from India 🇮🇳 today is my ppt and i've just mugged up all my slides but i try to add some examples to make it more interesting for the public.

[rheanne]

I'm really struggling with my PowerPoint presentation sir thanks a lot it really helps me ♥️

[darkbreeze]

Thank you very much, it's very helpful

[Digitalguru]

Dominic, nice idea, 100 % agree with you. I want to become a professional public speaker but here in our country there is no such organisation to take training and practice our knowledge and experience. So can you recommend any such book which will fullfil my dreams.

[shubhamsahu]

Dhanyawad sir ji🙏, too much valuable for me

[meritxellparadell]

Great video! I can't find nothing similar in Spanish! any suggestions? or maybe Dominic you could subtitle????

[VilhoTrustees]

Sir how many you can give in every question you are asked by the teacher if you presenting in classroom

[ToraKiyoshi]

Also: Dark background, light text! The eye is drawn towards light. YOU should be lighter than your slides. Your audience should look at the words, the back at you. If you're standing in front of a white screen, they will stare at the screen, not look at you.

[ChesterRGC]

But I want PowerPoint to be my presentation 🤧
I'm a really bad communicator, I can't rely on my weird presence, lack of gestures and broken voice 😩

[latoyarose]

I'm guilty of the first don't 🤭