Using Images in PPT Slides

[Peter]

Presentation Dos and Don'ts from Bill Gates and Steve Jobs!

Steve Jobs Vs Bill Gates

http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2005/11/it_was_one_of_t.html

http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/feb2009/sb20090213_774006.htm

The Rule of Thirds:

http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/rule-of-thirds-powerpoint/

Here are some images utilzing the "rule of thirds"
Rule of Thirds: Portraits
Rule of Thirds: Landscapes

Bullet points are very easy to use and can summarize your points well, but many presenters use bullet points too much.
Watching a presentation with slide after slide of bullet points is incredibly boring. While bullet points are useful in some situations (introduction for example), try not to use bullet points too often and try to think of creative ways to show the same information. Check out these great examples from Presentation Zen:

Signposting provides the audience with an idea of how long your presentation is and how long there is to go. That can increase audience attention if they know how much longer you will speak for. Signposting also helps guide your audience through the presentation. That can also increase attention and comprehension. There are several ways you can incorporate signposting into your presentation.

Signposting With Language:

http://janinakuh.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/pressignposts.pdf

http://www.englishclub.com/speaking/presentations-lang.htm

http://www.slideshare.net/eoimarisa/how-to-give-presentations-presentation-signposting-presentation

Signposting With Visuals:

The simplest way is to number your slides including the total number of slides in a corner of your presentation (I prefer bottom right):

1/12   2/12   3/12   4/12 etc.

Or if you don't have a lot of slides, display every number and indicate the slide you are on by having that number a different color:

1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5

Here is another example from a presentation I gave while doing my MBA. It simply uses dots to indicate the number of slides remaining.

Prezi, an alternative to PPT: https://prezi.com/