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Preparing your Power Point. For the Australian Association of Gerontology National Conference. How many slides?. Max. 12 slides for 10 minutes Aim for 8-10 including title slide Break 1 crowded slide into 2 slides Keep file size to 50KB for 10 slides. Keep information concise. 666 rule
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Preparing your Power Point For the Australian Association of Gerontology National Conference
How many slides? • Max. 12 slides for 10 minutes • Aim for 8-10 including title slide • Break 1 crowded slide into 2 slides • Keep file size to 50KB for 10 slides
Keep information concise • 666 rule • Max. 6 bullets per slide • Max. 6 words per bullet = 1 line per bullet • No more than 6 bullet slides in a row
Keep information concise • Speak to your slides, do not read them • Avoid acronyms and abbreviations • Minimise punctuation • Check spelling • Shorten sentences to key words • See following wordy and concise examples
Project Methodology - Wordy • A Project Advisory Group will be convened of four very experienced researchers and managers from the six services participating in the project • The research design will involve a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods with six focus groups (one for each service), a phone survey of 200 service users and analysis of service use data for the last year.
Project Methodology - Concise • Advisory group • 4 researchers • 6 service managers • Research design • qualitative – 6 focus groups • quantitative • phone survey of 200 service users • analysis of 12m service use data
Layout (1) • Adjust template layout if necessary • To maximise visibility • avoid templates with fixed layouts that take up a lot of space e.g. bars under title, wide margin designs • Move title box as high as possible • Move text box as high as possible • Keep text high in text box • Logos are not essential information • put at foot of slide
Layout (2) • Font 24 point minimum • Avoid awkward line breaks/wrap-arounds • reposition and stretch text box to fit • Review whole presentation • delete everything that is not essential
Colour scheme • Keep simple and high contrast • Colour blind people cannot see • Red with green • Blue with green • Yellow with red, light blue or light green
Examples of good templates • Dark text on light background • Dad’s Tie (used here) • Bamboo (watch right margin) • Post Modern • Light text on dark background • Neon Frame • Pulse • Network Blitz
Avoid templates with • Backgrounds that obscure text • busy patterns: Marble, La Verne • poor contrast: Construction, Romanesque • shaded: Sunny Days, Ribbons • To see the difference, apply different templates to this ppt.