I'm going to give you a little insight into ppt presentation skills. This is a great skill to have because most presentations are done with ppt (power point) and you need to know how to use it to your advantage. These skills will help you be a better speaker and get your point across much easier.
Don't Read Slides: Nothing is more annoying to an audience than someone that reads their own slides. You really don't need to be there if you're just reading the slides. The audience can do that. The audience will get a few impressions of you. One, is that you don't know what you're talking about because you have to look at the slides. Two, that you don't have a confident voice because you're turning away at not speaking in their direction. Three, that you don't have any respect for the audience because you turn away from them. Never read off your slides. Put them up and read your own speech.
Less Text On Slides: Have you ever seen those slides that are jam packed full of information? It's pretty hard to read all that information and listen to the speaker. Try to just highlight the important points that you're going to go through in your speech on the slides. This gives people a central point on what you're talking about, so they get it.
Images: Having images can really make a point. You don't want to put up random pictures or ones you think or nice. You use pictures that really hammer your point across. If you're talking about starving children, you'd put up a picture about starving children. That will really get the point across.
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