1. Outline/Story Board 2. Keep It Simple, Sweetie! 3. Color & Font 4. Balanced Design 5. Rules

Make an outline of your slide show first Each slide should have one clear and simple purpose Decide on text first and then illustrate your point with an appropriate visual

TITLE: Egyptian Pharaohs MAIN IDEA 1: Duties of the Pharaoh MAIN IDEA 2: How is the Pharaoh also a god?

Type only the main points Bullet or number main points Give details when you’re speaking to the group (“talking points”)

Six bullets per slide maximum Six to eight words per bullet Don’t make audiences read lots and lots of material. They’ll get bored and stop listening, and besides, your brain can only do one thing at once and you want your audience to listen, not read. You probably gave up on reading this paragraph a long time ago.

Visuals should illustrate the main idea of each slide

Red = power, excitement Blue = calm, slows pulse Green = nature Yellow = happy Purple = childlike

MEDIUM FONT COLOR ON MEDIUM BACKGROUND Hard to read! DARK FONT COLOR ON LIGHT BACKGROUND Easy to read! LIGHT FONT COLOR ON DARK BACKGROUND Easy to read!

72 Point – They can’t miss it ! 36 Point Can be used for details 24 Point Very wee & hard to see

Never center bullet points like this Makes for ragged look Makes text harder to follow  SLIDE TITLES CAN BE CENTERED 

Always keep bullet points aligned on the right Keep things neat and easy to follow

Centered visuals leave little room for text

Place visuals to the right More room for text The eye naturally goes from left to right Place visuals to the right More room for text The eye naturally goes from left to right

Use different background colors or patterns for different topics Make sure the background pattern doesn’t make text hard to read Use different background colors or patterns for different topics Make sure the background pattern doesn’t make text hard to read

Beware of too much of a good thing! Beware of too much of a good thing!

Major ideas use similar transitions Don’t rush! Give the audience a chance to absorb new info

Avoid ALL CAPITALS Follow standard capitalization rules Capitalize the first word of each bullet

Spell check Grammar check Proofread Read out loud

Cite all sources using your Bibliography Guide Cite sources of images, too!

1. Outline/Story Board 2. Keep It Simple – Bullets & Visuals 3. Color & Font 4. Balanced Design Text, Visuals, Graphics & Animations 5. Rules Capitalization, Proofreading & Citations