Stephanie Poczos Adopted from: CTUO How to Design Effective PowerPoint Presentation

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Big Simple Clear Consistent Error Free How to Design Effective Power Point Presentations

Make it Big (Text)  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 it Big (Text)  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

Keep It Simple (Text)  Too many colors  Too  Too Many Fonts and Styles  Avoid long sentences, as they make your slide very busy and overwhelming for your audience…  The 666 rule  No more than 6 lines per slide  No more than 6 words per line  No more then 6 word slides in a row

Keep It Simple (Text) This page contains too many words for a presentation slide. When your sentences go on and on forever, people in the audience are going to have to make a huge effort to read the text, which will preclude them from paying attention to what you are saying. Every time you lose their focus, your presentation suffers! Too detailed !

Keep It Simple (Text) Limit long sentences to: 1. help easier understanding of the subject 2. keep your audience focused 3. make your presentation more effective Much Simpler

Keep It Simple (Graphic)  No more than 1 graphic image  Select graphic images in the same style  Leave empty space around the text and graphics  Use quality clipart and use it sparingly

Keep It Simple (Picture)  Graphics should complement your slide  Art work may distract your audience  Artistry does not substitute for content  No more than two graphics per slide

Keep It Simple (Picture) Too Much!

Make It Clear (Capitalisation)  WORDS IN CAPITAL LETTERS ARE HARD TO READ  Upper and lower case letters are easier  Avoid abbreviations and acronyms  Limit punctuation marks

Make It Clear (Fonts)  Serif fonts are difficult to read on screen  Sanserif fonts are clearer  Italics are difficult to read on screen  Normal or bold fonts are clearer  Underlines may signify hyperlinks  Instead, use colors to emphasize

Make It Clear (Numbers) Use numbers for lists with sequence For example: How to put an elephant into a fridge? 1. Open the door of the fridge 2. Put the elephant in 3. Close the door

Make It Clear (Numbers) How to put a giraffe into a fridge? 1. Open the door of the fridge 2. Take out the elephant 3. Put the giraffe in 4. Close the door

Make It Clear (Bullets) Use bullets to show a list without  Priority  Sequence  Hierarchy

Make It Clear (Colours)  Use contrasting colors  Light on dark vs. dark on light  Use complementary colours Lots of people can’t read this – and even if they could, it makes your eyes hurt.

Make It Clear (Complement)  Use contrasting colors Light on dark vs dark on light Use complementary colors These colours do not complement

Make It Clear (Complement)  Use contrasting colors Light on dark vs dark on light Use complementary colors These colours complement

Make It Clear (Contrast)  Use contrasting colors  Light on dark vs dark on light  Use complementary colors low contrasthigh contrast

Make It Clear (Contrast)  Use contrasting colors  Light on dark vs dark on light  Use complementary colors This is light on dark

Make It Clear (Contrast)  Use contrasting colors  Light on dark vs dark on light  Use complementary colors This is dark on light

Make It Clear (Size) Size implies importance

Make It Clear (Size) Size implies importance

Be Consistent  Differences draw attention  Differences may imply importance  Use surprises to attract not distract

Be Consistent Differences draw attention  Differences may imply importance  Use surprises to attract not distract This tick draws attention

Be Consistent Differences draw attention  Differences may imply importance o Use surprises to attract not distract These differences distract!

Be Consistent  Differences draw attention  Differences may imply importance  Use surprises to attract not distract This implies importance

Be Consistent  Differences draw attention  Differences may imply importance  Use surprises to attract not distract Confusing differences!

Be Consistent  Keep the layout and style as consistent as possible  Every slide should have a heading  Sentences are preferred if it’s possible to make a statement

Error Free  Proof your slides for: - speling mistakes - the use of of repeated words - grammatical errors you might have make  If English is not your first language, please have someone else check your presentation

Error Free  Proof your slides for: - spelling mistakes - the use of repeated words - grammatical errors you might have made  If English is not your first language, please have someone else check your presentation

In Summary Big Simple Clear Consistent Error Free