Learning to Design PowerPoints like a Badass

WELCOMEWe’re Gina and Dan

Design is not just what itlooks and feels like.DESIGN ISHOW ITWORKS - Steve Jobs

Please don’t write out everything you’regoing to say on a slide. The odds arethe people you’re giving thepresentation to are going to be readingand not listening to a thing you’resaying. Although this eliminates theneed to memorize your talk, it makesthe slides crowded, wordy and boring.Plus, your audience reads slides fasterthan you can talk, so you’ll lose youraudience’s attention before you evenreach the bottom of your ﬁrst…

(continued)…slide.

WORLD HUNGERIn the Asian, African and Latin American countries, well over 500 millionpeople are living in what the World Bank has called "absolute poverty"Every year 15 million children die of hungerFor the price of one missile, a school full of hungry children could eat lunchevery day for 5 yearsThroughout the 1990s more than 100 million children will die from illnessand starvation. Those 100 million deaths could be prevented for the price often Stealth bombers, or what the world spends on its military in two days!The World Health Organization estimates that one-third of the world is well-fed, one-third is under-fed one-third is starving- Since youve entered this siteat least 200 people have died of starvation. Over 4 million will die this year.

15 millionCHILDREN DIEof hunger every year

People should get your message in3 SECONDS

People remember 10% of whatTHEY HEAR

but up to 65% of what theyHEAR AND SEE

MISCONCEPTIONS

•  Contrary •  Avoid •  In•  To •  Excessive •  Fact,•  Popular •  bullet- •  The•  Belief •  Pointing, •  Term•  Having •  Only •  “Bullet-point”•  A •  Bullet •  Comes•  Bunch •  Key •  From•  Of •  Points. •  People•  Bullet •  Too •  Firing•  Points •  Many •  Guns•  Isn’t •  Bullet-points •  At•  Making •  And •  Annoying•  Your •  Your •  Presenters.•  Slide •  Key •  J/K•  Any •  Messages•  Shorter. •  Get •  Lost

Animations should beSUBTLE

P5 Leaderboard

P5 Leaderboard Hyperlinks to information Rotating about P5 app featured dog, and download links to dog’s profile, etc. and social media/ sharing Links to dog’s profile info, data/stats, video and social media/sharing

Working withIMAGES

If you use clip art, we willDISOWN YOU

Remember toC.R.A.P

C ONTRASTREPETITIONALIGNMENTPROXIMITY

CONTRAST EXAMPLES Contrast makes slides look slick and organized

REPETITION EXAMPLES Repeat colors, fonts and image styles

ALIGNMENT EXAMPLES Line up text, images and watch your margins

PROXIMITY EXAMPLES Group similar or related elements together

Let’s talk aboutFONTS

Don’t use more than3 STYLES

Comic Sans Papyrus Impact Calibri Copper plate Gothic Curlz !

Give your presentation aCOLOR PALETTE

Let’s talk aboutCHARTS & GRAPHS

HOW DOES LADY GAGA LIKE HER STEAK? Well done Medium Rare Raw Raw Raw Raw Raw

HOW DOES LADY GAGA LIKE HER STEAK? Well done 10% Medium 10% Rare Raw Raw Raw 10% Raw Raw 70%

Remember: it’s not about the numbers. It’s aboutWHAT THEY MEAN

So now you’re done. Have you answeredWHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY?

Go back through andCUT, CUT, CUT(you probably have too much information on your slides)

Do you really needNUMBERED SLIDES?

Slide #6,275,446 Why remind people howLONG this is going?

Finally, always remember to RECAP

1 2PUNCHY VISUAL 3 4COHESIVE RELEVANT

QUESTIONS?

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Learning to Design PowerPoints like a Badass

by Gina Holder on Sep 13, 2012

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