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Some Do’s
1. Take contrast background with font colour. e.g. Use dark background and white fonts.
2. Always keep a margin.
3. Do a spell check and grammar for the entire presentation.
4. Start by saying I am presenting and not I present.
5. Address the senior person and if possible by name, designation, address ladies too.
6. Start bullet point with capitals.
7. A slide should ideally not exceed 5 bullets per page.
8. Bullet no more the 6 words
9. Always rephrase a sentence, don’t reproduce it verbatim.
10. Only one picture per slide.
11. Keep space between the bullet and first character of word.
12. Know the meaning on new and heavy words, in short all words used in slide.
13. Remember the full form of all acronyms.
14. Flow and continuation should be ensured between slides.
15. If you have something on the next slide indicate on previous slide that it is going to be continued on the next slide. Repeat the heading and part in brackets add (Continued).
16. Give example for points to make a better explanation of point.
17. The main bullet should be darker the sub bullets.
18. No single word of a large sentence should come on the next line.
19. Smile, always show positive outlook.

Some Don’ts
1. Never say anything negative. Rephrase to make it positive or in better light.
2. Never start with open-ended conversation. Asking questions which may have multiple correct answers. What are your likes?
3. No discrepancy in data.
4. Don’t repeat same words again and again. E.g. The something, The that thing, The everything
5. Always make bold, don’t underline.
6. Can’t have everything (text) in capitals.
7. Don’t give borders to the slides.
8. No slide should be without header.
9. You do not end a statement in bullets with a full stop. You can only end sentences with a full stop.
10. Should not have repetitions
e.g.: One minute manager.
One minute promises.
One minute keyword.