Powerpoint presentations

[Janice]

There are way too many words per slide. You don't want to have full paragraphs, or even full sentences, on any slide. The purpose of a power point is to give visual aid while you speak, not to let the audience read your speech. If the audience is reading paragraphs off your slide, then they aren't listening to what you're saying. You mentioned that you're a good speaker, so cut out everything you're going to SAY from the slides and leave only the base points. I don't know what any of your slides say, but 95% of the words could probably be cut out.

I also think David's recommendation to increase the font size is good. Try including some pictures and vary the format you use on each slide.