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Effective PowerPoint Presentations . There are 300 million PowerPoint users *. There are 300 million PowerPoint users *. *estimate. 30 million presentations each day *. 30 million presentations each day *. *estimate. PowerPoint can be confusing…. …might take long hours.
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There are 300 million PowerPoint users* There are 300 million PowerPoint users* *estimate
30 millionpresentations each day* 30 millionpresentations each day* *estimate
and make happy! How?
Six Principles Message Audience Content Visuals Simplicity Format
“…Delivering the main message to the audience with the right content and visuals in a simple format…” Kaan Demiryurek
Know the Audience • How will they benefit? • What to accomplish? • What design to use?
6W’s... What Why Who Where When How
Too detailed ! Instructional Technology:A complex integrated process involving people, procedures, ideas, devices, and organization, for analyzing problems and devising, implementing, evaluating, and managing solutions to those problems in situations in which learning is purposive and controlled(HMRS 5th ed.)
Instructional Technology: Much Simpler A process involving people, procedures & tools for solutions to problems in learning (HMRS 5th ed.)
Instructional Technology; Even Better? A process involving people, procedures, tools for solutions to problems in learning (HMRS 5th ed.)
Format • Make itBig • Keep it Simple • Adda little variety and colors
Make itBig • This is Arial 12 • This is Arial 18 • This is Arial 24 • This is Arial 32 • This is Arial 36 • This is Arial 44
Make itBig • This is Arial 12 • This is Arial 18 • This is Arial 24 • This is Arial 32 • This is Arial 36 • This is Arial 44 Too Small
7 ft Look at it from 7 feet away
Too manycolors • TooManyFontsandStyles • < 6 lines per slide • < 7 words per line • Simple fonts E E vs.
UseSimpleAnimations "Appear" and "Disappear" are better This animation is annoying, not enhancing
Too distracting ! 7 ft
7 ft simple & to the point
ColourWheel • Opposite colourscomplement
Use contrasting colours Light on dark vs dark on light Use complementary colours The colour wheel These colours do not complement
Use contrasting colours Light on dark vs dark on light Use complementary colours The colour wheel Better ?
Use Visuals • Picturesto provide context • Photographsfor realism • Chartsandgraphsto minimisedata • Do not over do it!
How do we take information during a presentation? Research: Prof. Albert Mehrabian
