Presenting with a Projector: Making Your Slides

Presenting a speech can be daunting. Presenting a speech with a projector can make things even more nerve racking.

But there are things to make this easier for you.

In this post, we are going to go over some key points on how to make the best possible presentation slides for your speech.

Don't clutter your slides with information

Make slides with the basic points that give out the most basic bit of information.

Do not dump all of your speech information and text into the slides. That will distract your audience from your speech because they will be too busy reading your slides.

Less is more

If your speech is 15 minutes and you have 15 or more slides, then you have too many slides. Cut it down.

Pictures are your friends

A picture is truly worth a thousand words, but only if it is the right picture.

Ask yourself: Do I really need this picture for my speech? What does it add to my presentation?

If you can't answer those questions, then you're better off not using the picture.

Readability is important

Make sure you have a good font colour and a good font size so that everyone in your audience can read your slides.

Some good fonts would be Helvetica and Garamond.