2. The strength of presentations Use to focus & direct attention

3. The strength of presentations One idea per slide 1 what 1 what Don’t dilute your message

4. or Put as little as you can on each slide !

5. Nicholas Negroponte Being digital Atoms Bits Costly Costly to copy Costly to move Costly Costly to copy Costly to move Cheap - D or Ctrl-D You’ve got mail! Cheap - D or Ctrl-D You’ve got mail! Slides, overheads.htm,.ppt,.jpg

6. Everything has the same emphasis Can’t tell what’s important

7. Title Point point Point point

8. Show me! Don’t tell me!

9. Use diagrams

10. models

11. maps Oshburg Appleburg Winneburg

12. Pictures Cool!

13. Charts

14. The Basics

15. The idea is sequencing

16. Presentation problems Reading Making others read Showing off Reading Making others read Showing off Pontificating Hiding Title, point, point, point Pontificating Hiding Title, point, point, point

17. Presentation problems Reading Making others read Showing off Reading Making others read Showing off Pontificating Hiding Title, point, point, point Pontificating Hiding Title, point, point, point

18. Presentation problems Reading

19. Presentation problems Making others read

20. Presentation problems Showing off

21. The idea is sequencing … not animation

22. Don’t let your presentation compete with your message

23. Movement effects are attention getting if used sparingly Movement effects are attention getting if used sparingly The default effect is Fly from left

24. Motion sickness Caused by difference between visual field inner ear perception Motion soon becomes repetitive Nobody notices anymore Until someone throws up Caused by difference between visual field inner ear perception Motion soon becomes repetitive Nobody notices anymore Until someone throws up

25. Save flashy transitions and effects for Gives pacing and dynamics to your presentations emphasis emphasis Gives pacing and dynamics to your presentations

26. Stay low key Dissolv e Smooth and subtle Wipe Revealing!

28. Background issues

29. Background issues Contrast Use light objects on a dark backgound

30. Background issues Contrast Or dark objects on a light backgound

31. Low contrast is difficult to read Even with strongly contrasting colors Low contrast is difficult to read Even with strongly contrasting colors

32. (Darker than background) What looks good on your monitor (Lighter than background) May not look good projected High contrast has more impact!

33. Type issues

34. Bigger type is easier to read If you need to use smaller type, you probably have to much on the slide. 36 pt minimum for all text. 24 pt. minimum for graphics Type issues Legibility

36. Normal upper and lower case is easier to read than ALL CAPITALS Type issues Legibility

37. Normal upper and lower case is always easier to read than ALL CAPITALS Type issues Legibility

38. Normal upper and lower case is always easier to read than ALL CAPITALS Use bold, italics, size, colors for emphasis Type issues Legibility

39. Legibility LEGIBILITY Upper and lower case words form unique shapes All upper case words are all rectangles

40. Type issues Legibility Legibility LEGIBILITY All upper case takes up more room without adding legibility

41. Type issues Mixing type styles Combine normal, bold, italic, bold italic within a typeface freely Use to define function For emphasis Never underline

42. Type issues

43. Group Align Layer Power The power of computer graphics is at your fingertips

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