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Slide Tips

PowerPoint. Slide Tips. Keep It Simple. What Not To Do…

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  1. PowerPoint Slide Tips

  2. Keep It Simple What Not To Do… PowerPoint uses slides with a horizontal or "Landscape" orientation. The software was designed as a convenient way to display graphical information that would support the speaker and supplement the presentation. The slides themselves were never meant to be the "star of the show" (the star, of course, is your audience). People came to hear you and be moved or informed (or both) by you and your message. Don't let your message and your ability to tell a story get derailed by slides that are unnecessarily complicated, busy, or full of what Edward Tufte calls "chart junk." Nothing in your slide should be superfluous, ever. Your slides should have plenty of "white space" or "negative space." Do not feel compelled to fill empty areas on your slide with your logo or other unnecessary graphics or text boxes that do not contribute to better understanding. The less clutter you have on your slide, the more powerful your visual message will become.

  3. Keep It Simple The Correct Way… • Display graphical information • People came to hear • Your slides should have plenty of "white space" or "negative space" • Do not feel compelled to fill empty areas • The less clutter you have on your slide, the more powerful your visual message

  4. Limit Text & Bullets What Not To Do… • PowerPoint uses slides with a horizontal or "Landscape" orientation. The software was designed as a convenient way to display graphical information that would support the speaker and supplement the presentation. The slides themselves were never meant to be the "star of the show" (the star, of course, is your audience). People came to hear you and be moved or informed (or both) by you and your message. Don't let your message and your ability to tell a story get derailed by slides that are unnecessarily complicated, busy, or full of what Edward Tufte calls "chart junk." • Nothing in your slide should be superfluous, ever • Your slides should have plenty of "white space" or "negative space” • Limit information, no more than 5 bullets • Do not feel compelled to fill empty areas on your slide with your logo or other unnecessary graphics or text boxes that do not contribute to better understanding. The less clutter you have on your slide, the more powerful your visual message will become

  5. Limit Bullet & Text The Correct Way… • Display graphical information • Apply paragraph formatting • Use plenty of "white space" or "negative space" • Do not feel compelled to fill empty areas • Only 5 bullets • Decrease clutter

  6. Text & Image: What Not To Do… 7 in 10 ducks will not stay in a row, no matter what we say to them.

  7. Text & Image: The Correct Way… 70%

  8. Limit Transitions & Builds What Not To Do… • Animate every bullet on every slide • Use a “Move” or “Fly” • Use too many animations • Bore your listeners meaningless animations • Transition between every slide • Mix-up transitions

  9. Limit Transitions & Builds The Correct Way… • Animate only as needed • Use a “Wipe” • Limit animations • Transition every 2-3 slides • Use the same transition

  10. Graphics What Not To Do… • Use clip art (of any kind) • Make the text hard to read

  11. Graphics The Correct Way… • Use high quality photos • Graphics and charts

  12. Visual Theme What Not To Do… • Use a busy template • Use competing colors • Different types of shadows

  13. Visual Theme The Correct Way… • Simple templates • Two colors in scheme • Dark or white backgrounds

  14. Creating a Chart

  15. Using Color What Not To Do… • Never use a blue background with yellow text • Mixing too many colors • Gradients • Box words in with color Boxed Words Boxed Words

  16. Using Color The Correct Way… • In a dark room, using dark colors is OK, but… • Cool light colors for background work better • Dark text on light backgrounds will hold interest longer

  17. Font Choices What Not To Do… • WordArt • WordArt stylized • Drop shadows on small words • Serif typefaces on dark backgrounds WordArt Small Words Regardless of what font you choose, make sure the text can be read from the back of the room.

  18. Font Choices The Correct Way… • Sans Serif fonts are easy to read on screen • Assess readability from the back of the room Regardless of what font you choose, make sure the text can be read from the back of the room. Sans Serif

  19. Add Videos (and some sound) The Correct Way… • Videos get the audience interested • Sound used periodically will wake them up

  20. Delivery • Provide after the class • Saving options: • HTML • MOV • PDF • PPT

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