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Principles of Good Presentation Slides & Graphics

Principles of Good Presentation Slides & Graphics. November 21, 2008. Adapted from slides used by Katie Kopren. Presentations. personal notes illustrative slides handouts. http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/in_defense_of_p.html. Context. context guides format and content. Slides’ purpose.

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Principles of Good Presentation Slides & Graphics

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  1. Principles of Good Presentation Slides & Graphics November 21, 2008 Adapted from slides used by Katie Kopren

  2. Presentations • personal notes • illustrative slides • handouts http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/in_defense_of_p.html

  3. Context context guides format and content

  4. Slides’ purpose • relevant • use both visual and verbal presentation • limit amount of info displayed per slide http://www.sociablemedia.com/articles_mayer.htm

  5. Keep it simple 72% of part-time workers in Japan are women http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2005/09/whats_good_powe.html

  6. Limit bullet points & text bullets need at least a pair

  7. Principles of good charts & graphics • substance • correlation to data • clear, precise, efficient

  8. Integrity in charts & graphics • scale • dimensions • text and labeling

  9. Scale from Tufte, Edward R. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 1983.

  10. Scale from Tufte, Edward R. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 1983.

  11. Text & background elements from Tufte, Edward R. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 1983.

  12. Text & background elements from Tufte, Edward R. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 1983.

  13. Match unit dimensions from Tufte, Edward R. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 1983.

  14. Match unit dimensions

  15. Graphs and Charts

  16. Limit transitions, builds & animations • additional mode of representation • should only be used to illustrate a point and add to the meaning of the presentation

  17. Example: http://graphs.gapminder.org/world

  18. Layout & color • use consistent background and formatting throughout • background color should be similar to lighting in presentation environment

  19. Cognitive principles to consider while making presentations • Attention • Visual and Perceptual

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