Death By PowerPoint - (and How To Avoid It)

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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.

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Lesson.

WE HEAR LOTS ABOUT .

ECONOMIES .

GOVERNMENTS .

EDUCATION S.

OBAMA S. © http://www.barackobama.com

NOT ONLY OBAMA S. © http://www.barackobama.com

WE © http://www.barackobama.com

THINGS THAT HAVE D ME. © http://www.barackobama.com

Frank. Columbia.

Tropical Fruit

Sonny. Taiwan.

Warm Soya-Milk

Alessandro. Argentina.

Mate (Herb Drink)

Jin-Ho. Korea.

Kimchee – Vegetables & Rice

Gyaltsen Norbu. Lhasa, Tibet. Holding a banner. 4 Months.

Tsering Tempa. Lhasa, Tibet. Slogans. 2 Months. Torture.

WHO, OR WHAT HAS D YOU? © http://www.barackobama.com

Don’t overload the audience with information

Places I Have Taught School Country City The English Language United Kingdom Brighton Centre Australian College of English Australia Sydney East Coast College of Brisbane Australia English Melbourne Language Melbourne Australia College CLM-Bell Trento Italy Artigianelli Trento Italy I.I. Martino Martini Mezzolombardo Italy

People Who Have Influenced Me 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

Keep it simple

Do use high-quality full-screen images

Warm Soya-Milk

Warm Soya Milk

Warm Soya-Milk

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A “public image archive for creatives by creatives” http://morguefile.com/ The “leading free stock photo site!” http://sxc.hu/

Don’t use clip art

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

Do think about alignment and layout

People Who Have Influenced Me Name Country Information Frank Colombia Tropical Fruit Sonny Taiwan Warm Soya Milk Alessandro Argentina Yerba (Herb Drink) Andrei Czech Rye Bread Republic Jin-Ho Korea Kimchee Tsering Tibet Torture Gyaltsen Tibet Prison

Places I Have Taught School Country City The English United Kingdom Brighton Language Centre Australian College Australia Sydney of English East Coast College Brisbane Australia of English Melbourne Melbourne Australia Language College CLM-Bell Trento Italy Artigianelli Trento Italy I.I. Martino Mezzolombardo Italy Martini

Places I Have Taught School Country City The English Language United Kingdom Brighton Centre Australian College of English Australia Sydney East Coast College of Brisbane Australia English Melbourne Language Melbourne Australia College CLM-Bell Trento Italy Artigianelli Trento Italy I.I. Martino Martini Mezzolombardo Italy

People Who Have Influenced Me 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

• What makes me who I am?

What makes me 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.

Am I the same Seth? Now? And then?

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

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

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Death By PowerPoint - (and How To Avoid It)

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