Rules for PowerPoints

[arkanaut]

I don't often have to do PowerPoint presentations (thank God), but these seem to be pretty good rules for business presentations in general:

It’s quite simple: a PowerPoint presentation should have ten slides, last no more than twenty minutes, and contain no font smaller than thirty points. While I’m in the venture capital business, this rule is

Comments

[shmike95]

they want to know the offering too (how much of company for what price)

but in general, 10 in 20 is too many slides or too few minutes. generally 3-6 minutes per slide for most slides is correct. Less than that and you're rushing. more and you're babbling