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1. HOW TO MAKE A
POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION
THAT ISN’T BORING

2. 01 Good PowerPoints Make a Difference
02 Give Your Presentation Some Life With Videos
03 Harness the Power of GIFs
04 Use Screenshots to Emphasize Your Point
05 Improve Your Presentation With Screencasts
06 Use Customized Screenshots Instead of
Boring Stock Images
07 Turn Your Slides into a Memorable
Presentation With Interesting Visuals
08 Boost PowerPoint’s Capabilities
TABLE OF
CONTENTS

3. Good PowerPoints Make a Difference
Everyone knows PowerPoint presentations are
an essential way to communicate information.
So how can you make the most of the
presentations you create?
Can you captivate your audience with
PowerPoint slides, even with a boring topic?
The good news is you don’t have to fill slides with
endless information or unnecessary text boxes.
In fact, your message will become more
powerful with less clutter on your slides — and
more visuals. Researchers have found that
poorly constructed PowerPoint decks can
lead to “distraction, boredom, and impeded
learning” while well-crafted ones enhance
audience engagement and information
retention.1
In this ebook, we’ll give you our top tips to
upgrade your PowerPoint slides in order to
reach your audience, and give a presentation
they’ll actually remember.
1
Death to Weak PowerPoint: strategies to create effective visual presentations.” Frontiers in Psychology. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4189377/
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4. Strategically, videos can help you emphasize
points or provide a needed break. If you have
a lot of text- or data-heavy slides, it might
be a good idea to add a short video that
refocuses your audience and lets you
recover a bit of momentum.
You can use a variety of types of videos:
Before-and-after footage to demonstrate
project progress.
Screencasts showing data results.
Quick, informal tutorials on how
to perform a task.
Adding a video is easy and there are several
ways to include one, either by uploading it
from your hard drive or embedding a link to
an online site.
To upload a video from your computer, stop
on the slide where you want the clip, click on
the Insert tab at the top of the screen, go to
Video and click on Movie from File…
Give Your Presentation
Some Life With Videos
Videos can have a big impact on your
PowerPoint presentation. Not only are they useful
in capturing the attention of the audience, but
videos can help you pace your presentation.
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5. Animated GIFs are not just for social media
anymore. The business world is starting to get
smart about how GIFs can be used to improve
company communication.
There are many practical uses for animated
GIFs today. If you need a simple lightweight
way to demonstrate a two- or three-
step process for a coworker or client, an
autoplaying, looping GIF is the perfect tool.
Harness the Power of Animated GIFs
03
Similarly, if your project needs to demonstrate
a process, show cause and effect, or depict a
before-and-after comparison, GIFs can get the
job done. There’s no need to press play with a
GIF, so using one won’t slow your presentation
down.
Another good use for animated GIFs in
PowerPoint is for humor. Try including an
animated GIF as a bit of comic relief after a
string of text-heavy slides (everybody loves
funny dogs, for instance). Adding an animated
GIF into your PowerPoint is as simple as:
Save the GIF you want to use to your
desktop and navigate to your desired slide.
Choose pictures in the Insert tab of
PowerPoint and select your file.
Click Insert or Open and then run the
Slideshow to get a preview of your GIF.
With SnagitTM
, all you have to do is create the GIF in the program and share it directly to PowerPoint.

6. Screenshots are valuable tools that can be used
to illustrate your point as you talk about it. This
allows the audience to follow along with you
and connect what they hear to what they see.
A screenshot is a picture of your computer
screen. This functionality captures whatever
you have up on your screen and saves it as
an image file that you can edit and insert into
your presentation.
Taking a screenshot is simplified and enhanced
with SnagitTM
, which allows for greater
customization of screenshots, like adding arrows
and removing your cursor from the final product.
Start by opening the screenshot tool, then
drag the box to your parameters and lock it in.
You may want to include a screenshot if you’re
referring to data, like results of a survey. You
can further enhance those screenshot by
adding in arrows and customized callouts.
Adding in elements that highlight particularly
interesting insights adds more weight to an
important point.
Use Screenshots to
Emphasize Your Point
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7. 05
A cousin of the screenshot, the screencast is
an even more powerful visual tool you can
use to enhance your presentation.
Screencasts are best used if you need a video
demonstration to show your audience or to
serve as a reference to what you’re speaking
about. They’re like screenshots in that you
can capture what’s happening on your screen
(including audio), but as a video recording, not
just a static image.
An ideal use of screencasts is for reporting
on project results. That way, you can walk
audience members through a real-time
display of data.
Start by using your screen recording feature,
set to video recording capture. Then edit the
footage as needed (like cutting for time) and
insert into PowerPoint.
Improve Your Presentation
With Screencasts
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8. 06
As a general rule, the more unique you
can make your visual elements, the better
your presentation will be. So even though
stock imagery may be appealing because of
convenience, you have to think about the cost:
not only in dollars, but in PowerPoint impact.
Use Customized Screenshots
Instead of Stock Images
A recent study showed that imagery can affect
a person’s mood without the person even
being aware.2
This means that inserting more
vivid pictures in a presentation will have a
greater impact on the viewer.
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Take matters into your own hands with
SnagitTM
, which allows you to customize
screen captures and images to enhance
your presentation.
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For instance, you can use the blur tool to
indirectly focus the audience’s attention on
what you want them to see. Remove distraction
from the equation by blurring personally
identifiable or extraneous information. Another
use to consider is photo editor, which makes
it a breeze to remove image backgrounds that
might clash with your presentation.
2
Cause and affect: Emotions can be unconsciously and subliminally evoked, study shows | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080428155208.htm

9. 07
While your presentation itself may be a one-
time thing, the PowerPoint that you create
can be recorded and live on as a reference
for anyone who wants to view it. That’s why
active visuals like animated GIFs, screencasts
and other graphic elements enhance the
lifetime value of your content.
Anybody watching the presentation after the
fact won’t have the benefit of actually being
there, but you can give them the next best
experience by having a presentation full with
interesting, engaging and enlightening visuals.
One way to make it even better is to record
an introduction for your presentation in
which you can give context. That, combined
with stimulating, visual elements, can help
turn a tedious and text-heavy slidedeck
into a memorable and thought-provoking
PowerPoint presentation.
Turn Your Slides Into a Memorable
Presentation With Interesting Visuals

10. 08
PowerPoint presentations often get dinged
for being boring, regardless of whether the
substance is good or not. Avoid the pitfalls by
creating custom slides that feature bold themes,
unique imagery and helpful video references.
Engaging the audience and creating a
comprehensively enjoyable experience
for them is critical for any PowerPoint
presentation, and the tips discussed can go a
long way in reaching those goals.
You can also amplify the “power” of your
PowerPoint with the right tools at your disposal.
SnagitTM
is a helpful tool for crafting a high-
quality PowerPoint presentation. With its
screen capture and editing capabilities,
SnagitTM
lets you easily take your PowerPoint
decks to the next level.
Boost PowerPoint’s Capabilities
Start making screenshots and screencasts for your presentations today with a free trial of SnagitTM
by visiting
www.techsmith.com/snagit

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