Dean Shareski October 26 th, 2007

Why would we use PowerPoint?

How folks butcher PowerPoint (it’s not your fault)

Templates…they look cool

Bullets…easy for me to organize

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.

Overload…Here’s everything I know

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!

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!

Solutions

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

No Templates

Blogs Good blogs are always updated Blogs which are not are rarely read

Good blogs are always updated

Blogs which are not are rarely read

The following 20 slides are courtesy of Nick Dvoracek of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh http://idea.uwosh.edu/nick/usingppt.htm

issues Background

Background issues Contrast Use light objects on a dark backgound

Background issues Contrast Or dark objects on a light backgound

Low contrast is difficult to read Even with strongly contrasting colors Low contrast is difficult to read Even with strongly contrasting colors

Low contrast is difficult to read

Even with strongly contrasting colors

( Darker than background) What looks good on your monitor (Lighter than background) May not look good projected High contrast has more impact !

Frame text for emphasis and readability Frame text for emphasis and readability

the art of storytelling

What makes a good story?

A picture is worth a 1,000… American Soldiers

Emotion

Humor

Use a detailed script or outline

Dean’s Rules for Successful PowerPoint Presentations

1 idea per slide

Animation and Sound Used minimally

Black Screen

Remote Mouse

Presenter View

Don’t provide a handout until you’re finished

STEVE JOBS BILL GATES

Presentation Gurus Godin Atkinson Lessig

Image Resources Clipart.com Flickr Morgue File

Dean Shareski http://ideasandthoughts.org [email_address]