Presenter Guide - Polycom Desktop V700 Reference Manual

Presenter Guide

While videoconferencing is an effective communications medium, you must
be prepared to accept a small loss of resolution. Your visual guides needs tobe adapted
in order to maximize the audience's view at both the local and
remotes sites. The following suggestions are for presenters in order to help
them create effective PowerPoint slides.
 Use a simple PowerPoint template in landscape format
 Allow for a 1 inch margin on all borders
 Limit the amount of words per slide
 Keep any graphics simple
 Use a consistent font size
 Select a simple, clear, and bold font
 Avoid animation and special effects ( sounds, fly-ons, fade-ins)
 Send a copy of the presentation to all receiving sites for
distribution (in case of problems)
 If possible, have a second medium available (hard copy and
document camera)
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o Use dark print with a plain light background or light print and a plain dark
background; a dark blue background is recommended.
o Use no more than five bullets of information per slide.
o Use brief phrases instead of sentences.
o Use simple bold tables like pie charts or bar graphs.
o Avoid complex tables and scatter plots.
o At least 30-point font for text and 44 for headings.
o Arial, Tahoma, Verdana.
o Avoid italics.
o Use lower case for text.
o Use simple slide transition.