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Presentation given and revised several times. Recently presented at the Career Education Conference in Moose Jaw, Sk, October 26,2007
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Dean ShareskiOctober 26th, 2007
Why would we use PowerPoint?
How folks butcher PowerPoint
(it’s not your fault)
Templates…they look cool
Bullets…easy for me to organize
PowerPointlessness
The tedious use of flashy transitions, graphics and sound effects while making a slide presentation that is pretty much lacking in thought, meaning and value.
Overload…Here’s everything I know
Reading the slide
• The other big mistake many people make is putting a lot of text on the page and the reading it like the audience was stupid
• This is true of kids and adults• Research tells us that we actually will be
less likely to remember it this way• So let’s stop cramming our slides with text
and for sure stop reading them!
Solutions
It is easy to dismiss design — to relegate it to mere ornament, the prettifying of places and objects to disguise their banality. But that is a serious misunderstanding of what design is and why it matters. Dan Pink
No Templates
BlogsBlogs
•Good blogs are always updatedGood blogs are always updated•Blogs which are not are rarely readBlogs which are not are rarely read
Background
issues
Background issues Contrast
Use light objects on Use light objects on a dark backgounda dark backgound
Background issues Contrast
Or dark objects on a light backgound
Low contrast is difficult to readEven with strongly contrasting colors
Low contrast is difficult to readEven with strongly contrasting colors
(Darker than background)What looks good on your monitor
(Lighter than background)May not look good projected
High contrast has more impact!
Frame text for emphasis and readability
Frame text for emphasis and
readability
the art of storytellingthe art of storytelling
What makes a good story?
A picture is worth a 1,000…
American Soldiers
Emotion
Humor
Use a detailed script
or outline
Dean’s Rules for Successful
PowerPoint Presentations
1 idea per slide
Animation and Sound
Used minimally
Black Screen
Remote Mouse
Presenter View
Don’t provide a handout until you’re finished
STEVE JOBSBILL GATES
Image Resources
Clipart.com
Flickr
Morgue File