New York governor Andrew Cuomo demonstrates the cardinal rule of PowerPoint: Create slides that are simple, clear, and compelling. Newsletters SUBSCRIBE. TOP STORIES TOP VIDEOS. Your Next Move.

The 10/20/30 rule: Have no more than 10 slides, a presentation no longer than 20 minutes, and a font size no smaller than 30 points. The five-by-five rule : Have no more than five words per line ...

His parameters for preventing audience paralysis is dubbed the 10/20/30 rule. When PowerPoint Does More Harm Than Good Read More Photo by alice_c .

Death by PowerPoint. We’ve all been there: forced to sit through one slide after another crammed with text, all those awful bullet points and no visuals for relief. B-O-R-I-N-G. If that sounds ...

Are your PowerPoint presentations putting everyone to sleep? Is your business culture so steeped in slide decks that your audience immediately zones out when the lights go down? If so, you need to ...