When in college we usually have a lot of presentations to give.  A lot of us dread this because we hate trying to memorize stuff, and we hate getting up in larger crowds.  Although, one way to make a presentation more professional, and less stressful is by considering a power point presentation.  These are more fun to give, and a lot easier.  If you’re allowed to do this for your presentation, consider some of these tips to make it even better.

Slides – First, you’re going to want to pick out the slides you want to show throughout your entire slide show.  Pick out these, make sure they look okay, and go with what you’re presenting.

Font – There are some pretty cool fonts out there, but don’t choose anything that will be hard too read, especially ones like cursive.  Stick to the popular ones like Arial, or Times New Roman to make sure everyone can read your slides.

Color -  A lot of students like to choose all of these bright colors or dark colors, but really you just want to pick a nice color that is easy to read.  Also, don’t let your font color blend in with your slides color this will make things really hard to read. 

Spell check – Make sure you always spell check what you’ve written.  You don’t want to get up in front of anyone, read what’s on the slide, and then get confused by a word you’ve spell wrong.  That will distract you, embarrass you, and get you off to a bad start.

Add – If you make a power point and all it is is slides with writing on them, you may loose your audience.  Try to mix it up a little bit add some pictures, add a graph or chart, and break up the writing every once and a while.

Power points can be pretty fun to make if you’re creative and have fun with it.  If you’re looking to get a really good grade, consider some of these tips listed above.  They will help you, allow your crowd to focus more, and it will be easier to present.