Stop Death by Powerpoint
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Quick summary:
presentation skills are very important in the world of buissness. But a lot of powerpoint presentations are boring for the audience. This article gives us some keys how to make the presentation more interesting.

1. do not make slides in a standart layout, add pictures, art clips, etc. Provide audience with interesting materials related to your topic.
2. do not write a lot on your slides. Audience can read faster than you speaking. Write only the key points, and then talk about them.
3. limit the time you spending on each slide to 30-60 seconds. It keeps audience's interest.
4. write the key points, but don't read them, speack of them.
5. talk to the audience, do the question-answer part.