You have the option to have different transitions depending on what you think will work best for your presentation. There is a simple type of transition wherein the slide will just skip to the next slide. If you would like to be more flamboyant, there are some transitions that will take more than 2 seconds.
It will work as long as it would fit the type of presentation that you have in mind. Making a presentation will be highly important especially if you need to impress the people with whom you will present your idea. You can design the slides appropriately and make sure that the effects are not over the top.