CREATING POWERFUL SLIDES FOR YOUR BIG MARKER WEBINAR Morgan Summerfield Presents…

Rules of the Road  I will have everyone on mute to start.  We will not be using video today.  Please don’t chat with others in the chat feature once the presentation begins.

Be respectful of others. The presenter has the option to remove individuals from the conference who create a disturbance or who are discourteous to others.

 Hold all questions until the end. Write down your questions.  If you are having technical issues, click on the big ? in the upper right corner of your screen for online help.

About Me Taught information design Paper based Web based Trained presenters In the writing ‘biz’ for many years Published author Multiple website manager

Agenda What should a slide do? What makes a bad slide? What makes a good slide? Choose Your Style General Recommendations Tips What program should I use? What format should I use? Questions

What should a slide do?  Create a sense of welcome  Support the subject  Enhance the presentation  Provide focus for attendees  Foster clarity/understanding

What makes a bad slide?  Clutter  Contradictions  Poor Readability  Too Much Verbiage

What makes a good slide?  Components that Contribute  White Space  Readability  Color

What makes a good slide?  Components that Contribute  White Space  Readability  Color  Consistency  Key Speaking Points

What NOT to do on a slide. Don’t let your ‘ego’ or your ‘artist’ create the presentation on their own. It will take cooperation from all your talents to create something that is readable and consistent that supports your ideas/concepts and actually helps the individual watching/listening understand what you are trying to convey. As you can see this slide color is not a good choice, nor is the font style/size/color. Where is the white space? Where are my contributing supporters? Is this my script? What happened to my audience. Ooops! They have left the presentation. Drat!

What makes a good slide?

Choosing Your Style  Think about what you are presenting.  Establish a master slide using  Colors  Images  Fonts  Why establish a master slide?

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Saves Time Ensures Consistency

Presented by the Green Team at Alair Tech

The Benefits of Elevator Music Masks conversation Keeps people calm Prevents conversation Makes people sleepy Prevents people from hearing the gears squeak Allows people quiet time Drives the pizza delivery kid crazy

The most valuable information in the world is worthless if no one receives it. World Peace No way I am going back in there!

General Recommendations  White Background/Dark Lettering Cool but uncommon.

 Hold all questions until the end. Write down your questions.  If you are having technical issues, click on the big ? In the upper right corner of your screen for online help.

General Recommendations  No More than Two Distinct Font Styles The quick red fox jumped over the sleeping brown dog. As the farmer chased the fox, he tripped over the dog and fell on his face.

General Recommendations  Plenty of White Space  Don’t Overload

General Recommendations  Graphics That Support or Add Interest

General Recommendations  Change It Up Graphic

General Recommendations  Proof Read

General Recommendations  Proof read  Check PDF Conversion

General Recommendations  Test Drive

Word Tips

PowerPoint Tips – newer versions

General Tips  Help them ‘keep up’

General Tips  Help them ‘keep up  Give information a chance to ‘fix’

General Tips  Help them ‘keep up  Give information a chance to ‘fix’  Give the presentation ‘wake up’ moments.

General Tips  Help them ‘keep up  Give information a chance to ‘fix’  Give the presentation ‘wake up’ moments.

What program should I use?

Whatever you are most comfortable using.

What format should I use?  For the purposes of your Big Marker webinar, convert your file to PDF.  This is the upload format that Big Marker recommends.  It creates an image that remains constant and is not easily subject to corruption.

Questions If you have a question, now is the time. Please raise your hand (click on the little hand icon in the lower left corner of screen). When I call on you, you may either type your question in the chat box or use your microphone.

Thank you. Merci.