My reaction to the power point info and advice for my fellow classmates.

So... I read several different articles and now know several main methods of preventing the message of my power point from being lost within too much excess clutter. Clutter means excessive graphics and also the urge to fill in spaces that are in the layout of your presentation with graphics or information that clutters your project.

1: An excess of information or excessive graphics can actually distract your intended audience from absorbing the information which you are presenting. You can even confuse yourself, with too much miscellaneous information.

2: However, there must be some graphics on your presentation; the graphics on your presentation should be high quality graphics. With high quality graphics, the images you may use in association with the concept of your project have a greater chance of being much more effective at conveying your concept.

3: DO NOT...read you power point slides out loud, because this makes it harder for people to absorb the information you are presenting. Most people cannot easily divide their attention to only your speech or just the power point.

4: Avoid using standard power default templates; try to create your own original work, because many people are accustomed to the standard power point templates which have probably seen countless times in presentations. To get them interested in your presentation, make something unique and yet very visual appealing!

5: Last but not least, remember to choose your colors and fronts of your presentation pages well. Throughout humanity, the human brain on average responds a certain way to variations of color stimuli. Colors can give the appropriate mood for certain topics of your presentation.

To me, bad power point presentation is a common disaster found everywhere! Many people think they need to use the antiquated, boring and ugly default power point page layouts. I think that people should learn how to make original fantastic and visually aesthetic power point slides which use as few words as possible. For instance instead of listing facts about the problems of world hunger, actually show a picture or a few high quality pictures on you power point to appeal to the people you are showing your presentation to. Then talk about what is happening in the picture so you can make the visual, emotional and logical connection needed to effectively demonstrate your concept.