Types of academic writing

When you're using a PowerPoint presentation, you want your message to be the star of the show, not the PowerPoint slides. Avoid cluttering your slides with too much text or too many images because your viewer can't focus on both the slide and you at the same time. Keep your text short, to the point, and avoid using full sentences with bullet points.

For more information and/or tips:

• The OWL at Purdue: Designing Effective PowerPoint Presentations (PowerPoint presentation)
• Three Components of an Effective Presentation (Ellen Finkelstein)