NYLA Preconference - Beyond PowerPoint

BeyondPowerPoint

Academic & Special Libraries SectionNew York Library Association

November 2, 2012Polly-Alida Farrington

www.pafa.net

This workshop is not about PowerPoint.

Good design is as little design as possible.

Dieter Rams

Life after death by PowerPoint

http://youtu.be/lpvgfmEU2Ck

Better Presentations

Graphic by Austin Kleon: http://flic.kr/p/4N38hR

1: Content

Don’t start here…

Start herePhoto: http://www.flickr.com/photos/librarianbyday/5465255249

Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/155918164/

Photo by Niklas: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pivic/1010701180

Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jillclardy/2566241384

Storyboard

Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/imobio/4037629205

Slide Sorter

7 (+/- 2)

Source: http://www.slideshare.net/jessedee/steal-this-presentation-5038209

Source: http://www.slideshare.net/sirexkat/what-is-library-20

2: Creating Slides

Slides: 5 BIG ideas

1: Billboard

Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/criminalintent/372179228/

2: K.I.S.S.

Photo by: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/142726839

3: Focus

Photo by: http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcomagrini/698692268

4: Blank Space

Photo: www.apple.com/macbookair/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/niallkennedy/58697220

5: Do you really need a slide?

Slides: Don’t!

5 never evers

1. Use cheesy graphics

2.Random fonts3. Animations and sounds4. Crazy colors & bad contrast

5. Minimize use of bullets

Templates?

Slides: Do!

1: Great Title Slide

2: Colors & Backgrounds

Background: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chadbrooks/2889381421/

colourlovers.com

http://kuler.adobe.com/

kuler.adobe.com

3: Use simple easy

to read fonts

fontsquirrel.com

Save as Tools Embed fonts

4: Single idea

Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sebastian-silva/2814884869

5: Powerful Images

Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/austcare/2777409580

Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/austcare/2777409580

Crop for greater impact

6: Remove unnecessary words

Thanks Amanda!

Source: http://tametheweb.com/2011/10/28/ili2011-library-learning-new-literacies/

7: Quotes

8: Fail-safe layouts

Advice from EllenFinkelstein.com: http://youtu.be/Ln580dAl05w

9: This belongs in a handout!

48% % of world population living on less than

$2 per day

Garr Reynolds:How to Present Data

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9avFB908k0

10: Engage : sapweb.com

Slides: 10 Tips for Finding & Managing Graphics

CREDITyour

sources

Photo source: http://goo.gl/BdoHy

1 : Imagine

2 : Flickr Creative Commons

http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced

bluemountains.net

http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/

3 : Flickr Groups

4 : Stock Photos

http://www.everystockphoto.com/

5 : Flickr Faves RSS Feeds

6 : Just for fun

Source: http://www.storiesinflight.com/flickrpoet/

7 : SlideShare

8 : Homemade

9 : Evernote

10 : Share on Pinterest

Presenting

http://youtu.be/jbkSRLYSojo

Compelling Storyteller: Hans Rosling 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes

Audience Connect Converse

Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cabinet/2623851133

Put yourself into the picture

Photo by: Beth Hoffman http://flic.kr/p/8RETFm

Get off the podiumPhoto: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nengard/463165234

RehearseRehearseRehearse

Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/downunderphotos/6157433485

Use Presenter View

Prepare for disasters

Alternatives

http://prezi.com/vmvomt3sj3fd/this-is-anthropology/

Prezi

http://animoto.com/samples/education/jktzTofygNAu13RxEsXYDw

Animoto

http://photopeach.com/

PhotoPeach

SlideShare

Google Docs http://goo.gl/TyNqE

Infographics

Visual Essay

Source: NY Times http://goo.gl/UgYbr

Screenshot: http://goo.gl/tngS6

http://goo.gl/NWB3X

Source: http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=1056

Source: NY Times http://goo.gl/pxz1R

Source: NY Times http://goo.gl/CjhSg

http://visual.ly/green-through-ages

Source: SpyreStudios http://goo.gl/z7J3h

Sketch out your ideas

Sketch with Popplet.com

Source: SpyreStudios http://goo.gl/z7J3h

Connect idea groups with colors

Source: SpyreStudios http://goo.gl/z7J3h

Research!

PewInternet.org

http://visual.ly/twitter

Visual.ly

http://visual.ly/librarian’s-worth-around-world

There’s a problem here..

Can you see it?

12,804 122,101

Keep scale on x-axis the same for easy comparison.

Example from Visualize This by Nathan Yau, published by Wiley, 2011

Include a legend for better understanding

Example from Visualize This by Nathan Yau, published by Wiley, 2011

http://goo.gl/tf6NC

Adobe Illustrator Tutorial(tutsplus.com)

“Can I use this on my …”

Source: http://www.labnol.org/internet/credit-images-flowchart/18943/

Data tells Stories

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pollyalida/5060939806/

This belongs in a handout!

This tells a story

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15391515

48% % of world population living on less than

$2 per day

Visualize to Understand

Default Bar Chart

Stacked Bar Chart

Line Chart

Bubble Chart

Wired: http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/08/st_datagirlscoutcookies/

Courtesy of: http://www.lisakurt.com/2011/09/data-visualization-workshop/

Google Data Tools

http://imagecharteditor.appspot.com/

Google Image Chart Editor

Google Fusion Tables

More Tools

Many Eyeshttp://goo.gl/AqL3W

http://www.openheatmap.com

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/04/27/135737940/the-case-shiller-index-sung-as-opera

Questions?

Ideas?

Share!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluejake/286030741/

Thank you!

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