Using clear messages and persuading audiences

In this section, you will learn how to communicate a pure message by persuading your audience to engage with the content.

It is crucial to establish credibility with an audience when imparting knowledge through slides. To achieve this, you need to be cautious about the number of characters you have on slides within the presentation. Knowledge is key and is portrayed as content on slides, so make sure that complex content is relayed as simple visual statements. Using contrasting colors on slide backgrounds should be limited to two colors. Spacing your text on slides is an important consideration.

In PowerPoint 2021, you can use the Handouts (or Notes) feature so that the audience can refer to the presentation, thereby reinforcing knowledge and retaining content. These are great to make available after the presentation has ended via a link for delegates to access. As a refresher, to print handouts or notes, go to File | Print | Full...