Rules to Better Powerpoint Presentations

• Do you know if you are using the template?
• Do you know how to see if your PowerPoint is using the latest template?
• Do you know how to change the layout for your slides?
• Do you limit the number of fonts?
• Do you limit text on your slides?
• Do you limit the amount of text on your slides?
• Slide Master - Do you have your logo and tag line at the bottom?
• Prior - Is your first slide 'Pre-setup'?
• Prior - Do you setup a Twitter backchannel beforehand?
• Do you have a few slides to find out a little bit about who is in your audience?
• Do you have an 'About the Presenter' slide?
• Do you match the 'Agenda' and 'Summary' slides?
• Do you have 'Section Break' slides?
• Do you indicate 'Demo' slides?
• Do you use a question mark to indicate when to ask the audience something?
• Do you use Slido to interact with your audience?
• Do you use high quality images?
• Do you keep your presentation simple?
• Do you make 'TODO' items in red?
• Do you use the full slide for screenshots?
• Do you have good and bad bullet points?
• Do you use record your audience's Questions and Answers?
• Do you finish your presentation with a 'Thank You' slide?
• Do you ensure your presentation gets expert-level "Test Pleases"?
• Do you keep your presentations in a public location?
• Do you know how to compress your PowerPoint, e.g. from 26MB to 13MB?
• Do you know to animate your summary slide?
• Do you know to keep URLs clean?
• Do you use QR codes for URLs?
• Do you know to use Creative Commons images?
• Do you use PowerPoint comments for feedback?