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5 PowerPoint Mistakes You Can Avoid (After Reading this Post)

Making a great presentation isn't difficult, but at the same time, it's not exactly intuitive. Few of us are born with the skills and instincts needed to design a good PowerPoint deck or deliver a snappy presentation. No worries, though: Graphic designer and speaker Jesse Desjardins has put together a slide deck that teaches you 5 key ways to improve your presentations.

In a snappy 51-slide deck at SlideShare, Desjardins highlights these five problems common to so many presentations:

  1. Too much information on each slide
  2. Not enough visuals
  3. Low-quality, pixelated visuals
  4. Inconsistent layout and design
  5. Lack of preparation
View more presentations from @JESSEDEE.
Be sure to click through the whole presentation for the details, along with his recommendations on how to solve all of these problems. [via Lifehacker]

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