1. Death by PowerPoint… The speaker reads the slides to us 72.0%
Test so small I couldn’t read it
50.6%
Full sentences instead of bullet points
48.4%
Overly complex diagrams
30.8%
Poor colour choice
25.8%
Moving/flying text or graphics
24.8%
2013 Annoying PowerPoint survey

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3. Slides should be visual
The slide should compliment your presentation
Images can
create an immediate reaction and add an element of emotion
help people to focus and remember
provide context

5. Add interest but don’t distract
Have some space for your text
Draw the attention of your audience
Compliment your message

6. “Before the first quarter-hour is over in a typical presentation, people usually have checked out. If keeping someone’s interest in a lecture were a business, it would have an
80 percent failure rate”
Dr John Medina

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8. The Heart Human heart has 4 chambers Chambers are separated by septum…
2 Atria
Superior = primary receiving chambers, do not actually pump
Blood flows into atria
2 Ventricles
Pump blood
Contraction = blood sent out of heart + circulated
Chambers are separated by septum…
Due to separate chambers, heart functions as double pump
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9. The Heart Blood flows into the right atrium
Blood flows into the left atrium
Right Atrium pumps the blood
Into the right Ventricle
Left Atrium pumps the blood
Into the left Ventricle
Right Ventricle contracts,
Pumping the blood out through the Aorta.
Left Ventricle contracts,
Pumping the blood out through the Vena Cava.
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10. Some useful resources
The five most common PowerPoint mistakes Presentation Zen – what is good PowerPoint design Before and after More before and after