1. It’s better to make a cleanly designed presentation and put the details in a nice supplemental handout. Do not just give people a copy of your slides.

2. Try to never use the templates that come with the software. I have tried to just use the simplest templates provided, but going forward I’m going to try to design more of my own (at least for the really special presentations).

3. Limit slide transitions. I thought transitions give your presentations flair. Guess I was wrong.