1. Effective slide designing

2. Empty space can
convey a feeling of:
- quality
- sophistication
- importance

3. Impact! Clarity Simplicity 3
Simplicity gives rise to clarity gives rise to impact!
Simplicity 3

4. Avoid slides like these…………………

5. Back grounds
Paragraphs
Because….

6. You end up like this

7. What is this?

8. A slide should convey the message in 4 seconds

9. Never write in red in blue back ground
Do not place red and green together. Color blinds do not see them seperately

10. Use of colour and CAPITALS
Don’t EVER write
in RED on a blue background
or in BLUE on a red background
The human eye cannot focus on red and blue together, so one of the colours will appear to be “behind” the other

11. and RED to highlight text
Use of colour
DON’T use GREEN
and RED to highlight text
or GREEN and RED
in a graph
5% of your audience may not be able to distinguish them, because they are the two worst colours for colour blind people

12. Avoid 3D as much as possible.
Bad colours
What is the message?

13. So the good slides………….

14. A good slide Maximum six words and four sentences No clutter
No sentences but meaningful bullet points
Minimum text
Correct, easy to ready fonts – here we use Verdana use sans sheriff font
A simple, sensible and complimentary colour palate
Font size – over 28

15. Reported water rights disputes in three zones of Sri Lanka
Year
Dry Zone
Wet Zone
Arid Zone
1990
134
415
312
2000
357
1078
602
2010
715
2021
1009
Table arranged in correct way for easy reading. In here data are given chronologically
Numbers are right
Tables are shown only when precise numbers matter.

16. However, graphics can convey the trend…..
Same data in graph conveys another message, the trend
Reported water rights disputes in three zones of Sri Lanka

17. Is there seasonality? Pilchard density (Number/m3)
Incorrect scale of Y axis dampens fluctuations and leads one to believe there is no seasonality

18. Seasonality Pilchard density (Number/m3)
Appropriate Y axis scale SHOWS seasonality and hopefully that’s what you are SAYING.
The figure complements the narrative, but doesn’t replace it.

19. 72% of the part –time workers are women
Powerful images to convey messages than use of text

20. 1.9 billion adults are overweight or obese
Animation is used only when necessary

21. When you have a good set of slides
Slides become complimentary and you are the story teller (seller?)
Audience pay attention to you
You control the presentation
Become a naked presenter
People leave informed and satiated
So when you have a good set of slides
Slides become complimentary and you are the story teller (seller?)
Audience pay attention to you
You control the presentation
Become a naked presenter
People leave informed and satiated

22. A good presentation is a carefully planned dish!