Do you use PowerPoint as a visual aid or a sleep aid? Don’t laugh, most of what we see is the latter.
Andrew Dlugan offers excellent tips to help you design slides that capture and hold the attention of your audience. The beauty of his article is he outlines simple techniques that you can immediately use without additional training or software. It just requires a small amount of thought.
Avoid this!
Well-designed slides are only part of the equation for a good presentation. You still need to have a clear message and a well-constructed presentation. For today though, take a few minutes to focus just on the design of your slides.
Ethan Rotman's iSpeakEASY Blog 
Good post, Ethan. I sometimes think the snooze factor is built into the software. Glad to be reminded it’s simply the result of lack of human creativity.