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Dean ShareskiOctober 26th, 2007

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Why would we use PowerPoint?

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How folks butcher PowerPoint

(it’s not your fault)

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Templates…they look cool

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Bullets…easy for me to organize

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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.

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Overload…Here’s everything I know

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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!

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Solutions

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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

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No Templates

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BlogsBlogs

•Good blogs are always updatedGood blogs are always updated•Blogs which are not are rarely readBlogs which are not are rarely read

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Background

issues

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Background issues Contrast

Use light objects on Use light objects on a dark backgounda dark backgound

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Background issues Contrast

Or dark objects on a light backgound

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Low contrast is difficult to readEven with strongly contrasting colors

Low contrast is difficult to readEven with strongly contrasting colors

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(Darker than background)What looks good on your monitor

(Lighter than background)May not look good projected

High contrast has more impact!

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Frame text for emphasis and readability

Frame text for emphasis and

readability

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the art of storytellingthe art of storytelling

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What makes a good story?

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A picture is worth a 1,000…

American Soldiers

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Emotion

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Humor

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Use a detailed script

or outline

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Dean’s Rules for Successful

PowerPoint Presentations

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1 idea per slide

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Animation and Sound

Used minimally

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Black Screen

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Remote Mouse

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Presenter View

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Don’t provide a handout until you’re finished

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STEVE JOBSBILL GATES

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Image Resources

Clipart.com

Flickr

Morgue File

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Dean Shareskihttp://ideasandthoughts.org

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