Presenting in normal view
Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2024 10:01 am
We know old habits die hard but if your deck has been lovingly created by presentation experts like BrightCarbon, the animations are there for a reason! Animations often either help stagger the information on a slide, so you can control what part of the story your audience sees when, or help tell the story showing movement, change, processes, or progress.
Take a few minutes to click through the deck and practice the content alongside the animations, rather than panicking and removing them completely!
Just a note – this does not apply if the animations you’re removing are cheesy or dated (PowerPoint’s boomerang animation and origami transition – we’re looking at you!). Replace these with a simple fade.
If there’s just one thing you take away saudi arabia code number mobile from this post, let it be this: only present in show mode! There’s nothing that ruins a good slide quicker than being seen in edit mode. It looks messy, the slides are far too small, and the audience is distracted by everything else going on on the screen. The branding that leaves an impression is that of the presentation creation platform rather than your slides. We’ve got a handy blog post all about how to present well using Presenter view in PowerPoint and the present mode toolbar in Google Slides. We’ve also got lots of presentation skills tips and tips on presenting virtually. There’s no excuse!
If you’re presenting in the normal view because you need to jump around your deck, consider adding an interactive menu so you can hop between slides without exiting show mode. We’ve got tutorials for this for Google Slides and PowerPoint if you want to have a go or BrightCarbon can create an interactive presentation for you if it’s a bit beyond your current skills. No judgement!
If you’ve been looking for one, this is your sign to kick those bad presentation creation habits for good! And, if you need help making new habits second nature, join our free masterclasses for demos, tips, advice and Q&As from our experts.
If there’s one thing that gets our goat at BrightCarbon its people “presenting” their slides without using present mode. The slides are much smaller, you lose any animations, and it looks unprofessional – wave goodbye to an interested and influenced audience. It takes time to create engaging, visual slides, so why undermine all your effort at the crunch point? Delivering a presentation properly really isn’t that tricky! With Google Slides’ Present mode toolbar, it’s super easy to present in Google Slides navigating your presentation effortlessly.
Take a few minutes to click through the deck and practice the content alongside the animations, rather than panicking and removing them completely!
Just a note – this does not apply if the animations you’re removing are cheesy or dated (PowerPoint’s boomerang animation and origami transition – we’re looking at you!). Replace these with a simple fade.
If there’s just one thing you take away saudi arabia code number mobile from this post, let it be this: only present in show mode! There’s nothing that ruins a good slide quicker than being seen in edit mode. It looks messy, the slides are far too small, and the audience is distracted by everything else going on on the screen. The branding that leaves an impression is that of the presentation creation platform rather than your slides. We’ve got a handy blog post all about how to present well using Presenter view in PowerPoint and the present mode toolbar in Google Slides. We’ve also got lots of presentation skills tips and tips on presenting virtually. There’s no excuse!
If you’re presenting in the normal view because you need to jump around your deck, consider adding an interactive menu so you can hop between slides without exiting show mode. We’ve got tutorials for this for Google Slides and PowerPoint if you want to have a go or BrightCarbon can create an interactive presentation for you if it’s a bit beyond your current skills. No judgement!
If you’ve been looking for one, this is your sign to kick those bad presentation creation habits for good! And, if you need help making new habits second nature, join our free masterclasses for demos, tips, advice and Q&As from our experts.
If there’s one thing that gets our goat at BrightCarbon its people “presenting” their slides without using present mode. The slides are much smaller, you lose any animations, and it looks unprofessional – wave goodbye to an interested and influenced audience. It takes time to create engaging, visual slides, so why undermine all your effort at the crunch point? Delivering a presentation properly really isn’t that tricky! With Google Slides’ Present mode toolbar, it’s super easy to present in Google Slides navigating your presentation effortlessly.