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These are the slides I used for my presentation at the IATEFL Rome BESIG summer mini-conference. They're basically an updated version of my last slides discussing how to make a good PowerPoint. It includes a lesson I use with my EFL students for the first 49 slides. Skip to slide 50 if you just want the advice.
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There’s a Yale professor, Edward Tufte, who wrote a whole book about how the presentations we give are fundamentally flawed. He explains how the mass of facts, figures and information up on the screen actually detract attention from what the presenter is saying.
He goes on to mention many of the worst faults of presenters who use PowerPoint.
Ummmmmm……
Faults like reading out every single word on their ever so verbose slides.
http://markandrewgoetz.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/my-new-wallpaper/
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www.ted.com
Lesson.
WE HEAR LOTS ABOUT .
ECONOMIES .
GOVERNMENTS .
EDUCATION S.
OBAMA© http://www.barackobama.com
S.
© http://www.barackobama.com
NOT ONLY OBAMA© http://www.barackobama.com
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WE© http://www.barackobama.com
THINGS THAT HAVE D ME.© http://www.barackobama.com
2001
Frank.
Columbia.
Tropical Fruit
Sonny.
Taiwan.
Warm
Soya-Milk
Alessandro.
Argentina.
Mate
(Herb Drink)
Jin-Ho.
Korea.
Kimchee – Vegetables & Rice
2001
2002
Gyaltsen Norbu.Lhasa, Tibet. Holding a banner.4 Months.
Tsering Tempa.Lhasa, Tibet. Slogans.
2 Months. Torture.
2008
WHO, OR WHAT HAS D YOU?© http://www.barackobama.com
Don’t
overload the
audience
with
information
School Country City
The English LanguageCentre
United Kingdom Brighton
Australian College of English Australia Sydney
East Coast College ofEnglish
Brisbane Australia
Melbourne LanguageCollege
Melbourne Australia
CLM-Bell Trento Italy
Artigianelli Trento Italy
I.I. Martino Martini Mezzolombardo Italy
Places I Have Taught
Name Country Information
Frank Colombia Tropical Fruit
Sonny Taiwan Warm Soya Milk
Alessandro Argentina Yerba (Herb Drink)
Andrei Czech Republic Rye Bread
Jin-Ho Korea Kimchee
Tsering Tibet Torture
Gyaltsen Tibet Prison
People Who Have Influenced Me
Keep it simple
Do use
high-quality
full-screen
images
Warm
Soya-Milk
Warm Soya Milk
Warm
Soya-Milk
www.compfight.com
www.compfight.com
A “public image archive for creatives by creatives”
The “leading free stock photo site!”
http://sxc.hu/
http://morguefile.com/
Don’t use
clip art
Six per cent of
children
experience
frequent and
severe emotional
maltreatment
during childhood
Six per cent of children experience frequent and
severe emotional maltreatment during childhood
Do make
sure text is
legible
Six per cent of children experience frequent and
severe emotional maltreatment during childhood
Six per cent of children experience frequent and
severe emotional maltreatment during childhood
Six per cent of children experience frequent and
severe emotional maltreatment during childhood
Do think
about
alignment
and layout
Name Country Information
Frank Colombia Tropical Fruit
Sonny Taiwan Warm SoyaMilk
Alessandro Argentina Yerba (HerbDrink)
Andrei CzechRepublic
Rye Bread
Jin-Ho Korea Kimchee
Tsering Tibet Torture
Gyaltsen Tibet Prison
People Who Have Influenced Me
School Country City
The English Language Centre
United Kingdom Brighton
Australian College of English
Australia Sydney
East Coast College of English
Brisbane Australia
Melbourne Language College
Melbourne Australia
CLM-Bell Trento Italy
Artigianelli Trento Italy
I.I. Martino Martini
Mezzolombardo Italy
Places I Have Taught
School Country City
The English LanguageCentre
United Kingdom Brighton
Australian College of English Australia Sydney
East Coast College ofEnglish
Brisbane Australia
Melbourne LanguageCollege
Melbourne Australia
CLM-Bell Trento Italy
Artigianelli Trento Italy
I.I. Martino Martini Mezzolombardo Italy
Places I Have Taught
Name Country Information
Frank Colombia Tropical Fruit
Sonny Taiwan Warm Soya Milk
Alessandro Argentina Yerba (Herb Drink)
Andrei Czech Republic Rye Bread
Jin-Ho Korea Kimchee
Tsering Tibet Torture
Gyaltsen Tibet Prison
People Who Have Influenced Me
• What makes me who I am?
• What makes me who I am?
• What makes me who I am?
• What makes me who I am?
What makesme who I am?
What makes me who I am?
• What makes me who I am?
Guns don’t kill people
•
•
•
• bullets do.
Do use
subtle
effects only.
And then?
Am I the same Seth?
Now?
And then?
Am I the same Seth?
Now?
Do adjust
square
photos
(when you
can.)
The Nuts and Bolts
Cropping for Focus
Frank.
Columbia.
Other
Information.
Monochrome for focus
Younger, fitter,
healther Seth.
Mono-
chrome
editing
Do think
about colour
schemes
Matching colour
Non-matching colour
Non-matching colour
Matching colour
Don’t
overload the
audience
with
information
Do use
high-quality
full-screen
images
Don’t use
clip art
Do make
sure text is
legible
Do think
about
alignment
and layout
Do avoid
standard
themes
Don’t use
bullets
Do use
subtle
effects only.
Don’t use
coloured
backgrounds
with photos
Do adjust
square
photos
(when
needed.)
Do think
about colour
schemes
Sources & Thanks
Alvin Trusty’s “How To Create A Great PowerPoint” http://tinyurl.com/AlvinVideo
Chris Hill’s “Free Photos”
http://tinyurl.com/ChrisHillBlog
