Better Presentations

Would the last person to arrive

please leave the lights on

Millions of people around the world

are suffering death by powerpoint.

Every day

Death by Powerpoint

Prompt Data Dump Handout

Presentationzen[there is another way]

Pecha Kucha

20 20 6:40[4:20 left]

rightvisual

emotional

leftverballogical

People read fasterthan you talk

You’re redundant

Emotions[engage them]

Bullets killkill Bullets

The 1-7-7 rule: What is it?

• Have only one main idea per slide.• Insert only seven lines of text maximum.• Use only seven words per line maximum.• The question is though: does this work?• Is this method really good advice?• Is this method really an appropriate,

effective “visual”?• This slide has just seven bullet points!

[Simplicity]

[Clarity]

[Brevity]

“The picture superiority effect says that pictures are remembered better than words, especially when people are casually exposed for a very limited time”

a thousand words.“ ”

Slides Notes Handouts[for everyone] [for you] [for them]

Signal vs Noise Ratio

Empty Space Contrast

Repetition Alignment

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