Last week, at the very end of the episode, I mentioned that one way to make your PowerPoint Presentations better is to create a good handout for the audience. And I shared a story about a breakout session I led where I spend most of the time in the presentation using the handout as the visual aid versus the slideshow.

On this episode, I'm going to go into more detail about what I did. The title of the episode is Create the Perfect Presentation Handout.

I'm going to give you three progressively more difficult ways to design a handout. The first one, by the way, is the one that almost everyone does, but it is by far, the absolute worst way to create a handout.

And if you stick around until the last tip, I'll explain in detail how I was able to make sure that the participants in that breakout session I mentioned in the last episode actually kept and used the handout that I provided for them. It take a little more time to design, but the result are phenomenally better.

And, by the way, since the podcast is audio based and handouts are very visual, I created a handout on how to design better handouts that you can download from the show notes. If you download that handout and use it as a visual aid for the episode, the ideas will make much more sense.

Show Notes: How to Create the Perfect Presentation Handout

(https://www.fearlesspresentations.com/how-to-create-the-perfect-presentation-handout/)

Last week, on the last episode of the series on the Presentation Skills Checklist, we covered how many slides to put into a PowerPoint Presentation. This week, our topic is "3 Simple Ways to Create Better PowerPoint Presentations."

By the way, if you are using the techniques I outline on other episodes of the podcast, creating a PowerPoint presentation should be really easy. Basically, in a presentation, less is more.

But on this episode, I give you my top three tips that will help you kill your next presentation. First, we cover how to design your presentation first, then create your slideshow. Next, I show you how to use examples from real-life to add credibility to the text on your slides. Ad then, finally, I show you how to create collateral content -- things like handouts -- that can help your audience understand and retain the content of your presentations better.

Show Notes: 3 Simple Ways to Create Better PowerPoint Presentations
(https://www.fearlesspresentations.com/three-simple-ways-to-create-better-powerpoint-presentations/)

I hope you have enjoyed the Presentation Skills Checklist series. So far, we covered how to know your audience. Next we helped you create a great presentation title. Then, we helped you organize your presentation outline. And in the last couple weeks we showed you how to add credible evidence to reinforce the points you created in your outline.

The last step is to create your PowerPoint Slideshow. Yes, you heard me correctly. Creating your slideshow should be the absolute last thing that you do. Most people start with the slideshow.

Instead, figure out what you want to say first, then create your visual aids.

The question we get as public speaking coaches most often is "How many PowerPoint slides should I have in my presentation.

On this episode, I'm going to answer that question and many more.

Show Notes: How Many PowerPoint Slides Should You Use in a Presentation?

(https://www.fearlesspresentations.com/how-many-powerpoint-slides-should-you-use-in-a-presentation/)