Quick Tips for writing great PowerPoint Headlines
Posted in Presentation Skills on June 11, 2008 by Gavin Meikle
Fellow Blogger Frank Roche just posted a neat article throwing down the gauntlet for those presenters who struggle with meaningless slide headlines. Check it out here.
In my experience presenters often don’t give enough thought t their headline. This is especially important if you follow the tips in Cliff Atkins Beyond Bullet Points approach. A great test of headlines is to read them from slide to slide in order and see if they make sense. Is there a logical flow of one idea to another and does each headlien accurately represent the main one main idea supported by the slide?
Let me know what you think.
Gavin
Great link, Gavin. My Ppt headlines are always in sentence format, first of all, and never exceed two lines (I like a fat bold font, so it’s two lines, but not very many words). But then I’m already a “Beyond Bullet Points” convert!