Slide makeover...
Of a slide
makeover

The “Bad” Slide

The “Improved” Slide

Well...

Well...
I think there is room
for improvement

This area is over emphasised, the Yellow on
Purple draws too much attention

This area is over emphasised, the Yellow on
Purple draws too much attention
This can be discussed in the presentation, this
quantity of a slide shouldn't be dedicated to
what can be said in a few seconds

This area is over emphasised, the Yellow on
Purple draws too much attention
This can be discussed in the presentation, this
quantity of a slide shouldn't be dedicated to
what can be said in a few seconds
Irrelevent distraction
Ok to include at the start/end of a presentation – not so great on EVERY slide

This area is over emphasised, the Yellow on
Purple draws too much attention
This can be discussed in the presentation, this
quantity of a slide shouldn't be dedicated to
what can be said in a few seconds
This is the proportion of the slide dedicated to
the actual information
Irrelevent distraction
Ok to include at the start/end of a presentation – not so great on EVERY slide

My suggested way of
presenting the
information

State the Question

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
presentations?”
State the Question

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
presentations?”
Lets make it stand out
a bit more with some
Bold and drop shadow

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
presentations?”
Lets make it stand out
a bit more with some
Bold and drop shadow

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
presentations?”
No longer of great
importance so fade out
slightly
Focus on the data

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
presentations?”
No longer of great
importance so fade out
slightly
Focus on the data

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
presentations?”
No longer of great
importance so fade out
slightly
Focus on the data Next for the
actual data -
I have chosen
bars to
represent the
top 4 answers

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
presentations?”
Optional drop
shadow for
aesthetics

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
presentations?”
Optional drop
shadow for
aesthetics

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
presentations?”
Optional
change of line
colour

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
presentations?”
Optional
change of line
colour

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
presentations?”
Alter colour of
data bars.

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
presentations?”
Alter colour of
data bars.

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
presentations?”
Use a decent size font
(sz32 here). Needs to
be easily visible at the
back of the room

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
presentations?”
The speaker read the slides to us
Text too small
Use a decent size font
(sz32 here). Needs to
Poor colour choice
be easily visible at the
back of the room
Slides w/ full sentences

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
presentations?”
The speaker read the slides to us
Next add in the data
labels, again at a size
that makes them easily
Text too small
and instantly readable
Poor colour choice
Slides w/ full sentences
Source: Dave Parodi

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
presentations?”
62%
The speaker read the slides to us
Next add in the data
labels, again at a size
47%
that makes them easily
Text too small
and instantly readable
43%
Poor colour choice
39%
Slides w/ full sentences
Source: Dave Parodi

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
Seeing as we are trying to
presentations?”
emphasise over usage of
text,speaker read the slides to us
The use a transparent white box 62%
to fade out the less relevant
piece of information
47%
Text too small
43%
Poor colour choice
39%
Slides w/ full sentences

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
Seeing as we are trying to
presentations?”
emphasise over usage of
text,speaker read the slides to us
The use a transparent white box 62%
to fade out the less relevant
piece of information
47%
Text too small
43%
Poor colour choice
39%
Slides w/ full sentences

SO...

Original

Original
Reworked

SO...
How does it look
When presented?

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
presentations?”

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
presentations?”

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
presentations?”
62%
The speaker read the slides to us

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
presentations?”
62%
The speaker read the slides to us
47%
Text too small

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
presentations?”
62%
The speaker read the slides to us
47%
Text too small
43%
Poor colour choice

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
presentations?”
62%
The speaker read the slides to us
47%
Text too small
43%
Poor colour choice
39%
Slides w/ full sentences

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
presentations?”
62%
The speaker read the slides to us
47%
Text too small
43%
Poor colour choice
39%
Slides w/ full sentences
Source: Dave Parodi

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
presentations?”
62%
The speaker read the slides to us
47%
Text too small
43%
Poor colour choice
39%
Slides w/ full sentences
Source: Dave Parodi

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
presentations?”
62%
3 of the top 4
The speaker read the slides to us
Are problems related 47%
Text too small
to text
43%
Poor colour choice
39%
Slides w/ full sentences
Source: Dave Parodi

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
presentations?”
62%
The speaker read the slides to us
We are suffering from
47%
Text too small
43%
Poor colour choice
39%
Slides w/ full sentences
Source: Dave Parodi

“What annoys you about bad PowerPoint
presentations?”
62%
The speaker read the slides to us
Text Overload 47%
Text too small
43%
Poor colour choice
39%
Slides w/ full sentences
Source: Dave Parodi