5 Ways to Create Stand-Out PowerPoint Slides

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🎯Communication and Presentation Tip:

Anyone in A/E/C with a PowerPoint slide that resembles the one below gets an automatic tariff of 345 percent. 😮

😮Avoid this at all costs!

Instead, follow these 5 tips to create reader-friendly engaging slides to WOW (not confuse) your audience.

1. Pull key data and sections from graphs, using words/nuggets to capture the highlights.

2. Choose the right visuals to complement small amounts of text.

3. Think one slide = one point.

4. Avoid text that is unaligned or too small.

5. Have an emotionally engaging design.

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5 Ways to Create Stand-Out PowerPoint Slides

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