How to Build Better Slides

7/31/2019 How to Build Better Slides

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Building aBetter Slide

Presentation


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Topics

Your audience

Structure and content Design

Additional tools

Summary


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A slide presentation tells

a story to your audience.

Your Audience


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Your Audience

Your audience may have:

No knowledge

Some knowledge

A lot of knowledge

about the topic


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Plan how youll tell your story.

Remember:

This is you

This is your audience

Dont drown them in

information!

Your Audience


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Your Audience

First, tell your audience what

youre going to tell them.

Then tell them.

Then tell them what youve just

told them.


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Your Audience

Your audience doesnt live

in your world.

Your audience is there to

listen to YOU, not to read

a book.


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Your Audience

Use:

Bullet points Simple graphs

Bite-sized pieces

of information


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Your Audience

When presenting a slide like this, who gets the

audiences attention? The audience probably has

its attention divided between reading the text in

the slide and listening to what youre saying.

By the time you move on to the next slide, your

audience will have little or no idea of what youve

said. And thats the point: dont repeat what

youre saying on a slide - short bullets are easier

to remember. Use your time effectively and keep

the main focus on you.


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Your Audience

The art of a great slide

presentation is good storytelling.

Engage the audience.

Ask interesting questions.

Structure your story in an

interesting way.


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Structure and Content

Where do I start?


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Structure and ContentBasic structure:

Title page

Table of contents

Introduction

Main sections

Wrap-up slide or action items

Questions

Closing and thanks


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Keep the acronyms to

a minimum.

Explain all acronyms.


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Keep it simple.

Include only elementsthat further the story.

Proof your text.


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Design

Use colour and contrast to

make your presentation easyto read.


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Design

Keep your design consistent.

Use the same family ofillustrations.


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Design


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Design

Photography should use

the same style.


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Design


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Design

Pictures:

A picture may be

worth a 1000 words but thats too many

for a slide

presentation!


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Design

Pictures

Resist the urge!


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Design

If you must have photos, ask

yourself:

Do these photos further

the story?

Do these photos make the

presentation more decorative?


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Agra, India

Supporting Mission

2007 members

to develop a planfor common

telecentre manager

training curriculum +

workshops.


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Design

These photos are used for decoration.


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Design

Graphs are good

But keep them simple.


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Countries Ranked by Index:


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Lowest Rated

Madagascar

Rwanda

Congo Rep

Burkina Faso Gabon

Design

Highest Rated

Japan

United States

Germany

Finland United Kingdom

Countries Ranked by Index:


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Design


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Design

Animate

Reveal only small bits of

information at a time

and build on that.


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Whats needed

for success?

1. Telecentres

2. Human resources

3. Training

4. Content5. Services

6. Support

7. Financing

8. Networks


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Layers Use layers to present

information gradually.

Design


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Internal strife/instability

Senegal

UgandaTogo

NigeriaBurundi

Chad

Guinea Bissau

Guinea

Zimbabwe

Ethiopia

Central African

Republic


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Post-conflict

Erithrea

Uganda

Liberia

Togo

Nigeria

Rwanda

Burundi

Zimbabwe

Central African Republic

Chad

Angola

Guinea Bissau

Guinea

Sierra Leone

Ethiopia

Mauritania

Senegal


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Post-conflict

War/armed conflict

Mauritania

Senegal

Erithrea

Somalia

Uganda

Liberia

Ivory Coast Togo

Nigeria

Rwanda

Burundi

DRC

Zimbabwe

Central African Republic

Chad

Angola

Guinea Bissau

Guinea

Sierra Leone

Ethiopia


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local telecentres

communityimpact

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nationaltelecentrenetwork

local telecentres

business andtechnical support

socialsupply chain

peerlearning

referencedesk

servicesbackendnational

web site

communityimpact

H


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local telecentres


socialsupply chain

peerlearning

referencedesk


web site

communityimpact

H

serviceproviders

remittances

hrural

healthcare

"support services

for networks

curriculum +learning programs

e-government swhats next?


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socialinvestment

program(cash + services +

brokering partnerships)

local telecentres


socialsupply chain

peerlearning

referencedesk


web site

communityimpact

H

serviceproviders

remittances

hrural

healthcare

"support services

for networks

curriculum +learning programs

e-government swhats next?


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Sound can also be combined

with animated text.

But a little goes a long way.

Design

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Design

Logos most logos are not

presentation-friendly.

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Design

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Design

If you have resources and design help, you can

make the logos transparent. Then its just a matter

of balancing size, layout, and contrast.

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Design

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Additional Tools

Multimedia is good, too!

That is, in moderation.

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Additional Tools

Multimedia examples:

Video clips

Sound files

Links to Web pages

But remember: file size is a factor

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Additional Tools

Remember to include source files on computer.

Sample ofa link to a

video clip:

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http://video.idrc.ca/communications/idrc_difference.asx


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Additional Tools

Sample of a link to

sound clip

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http://video.idrc.ca/communications/audio_e.asx


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Additional Tools

Sample of a link

to a URL:

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http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-129531-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html


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Additional Tools

Multimedia may require

expertise that is not available

in-house.

Be consistent in style.

Dont go overboard.

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In Summary

So what did we learn?

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In Summary

Audience

Know your audience.

Tell them a story.

Your audience is there to

hear you.

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In Summary


Keep it simple.

Tell them what youre going to

tell them.

Then tell them.

Tell them what youve told

them.

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In Summary

Design

Keep it simple.

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Summary

Additional Tools

Multimedia, in moderation, is good!


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Good luck with your slide presentations!
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