The document provides a comprehensive guide on creating effective presentations, emphasizing the importance of storytelling, design elements, and audience engagement. It discusses various tools and software options available for presentations, tips for optimizing images and text, and guidelines for incorporating motion and transitions. Ultimately, it encourages users to find what works best for them while maintaining focus on clear communication and visual appeal.

1. HOW TO MAKE PRESENTATIONS?
Presented by:
• AASHISH SINGH
• ASHISH HIRAWAT
• AKASH PATIL
• ABHISHEK PANJA
• AKASH SHUKLA

2. Tell A Story
 Frames
 Font
 Colours
 Showcase Data

3. Web Help
 Noteandpoint.com
 Slideshare.com/popular
 Sliderocket.com/gallery
 Slidesnack.com
 Prezi.com/explore

4. Tools Of Trade

5. Which do I Choose?
 Budget
 Comfort Level
 Time to Invest

6. Work Flow
Design
Elements
(AI/Photoshop)
Text
(PPT)
Publish
(PDF)

7. Setting Up The Deck
 Projector/Screen
 Audience Location
 Subject Matter

8. What To Do?
 Big Typography
 Big Pictures
 1 or 2 Keywords per slide
your Template

9. Building your PPT

10. Creating a “Story” Board
Why do this?
Visualize the
structure
Determine the
Storyline
Visually Map
out the slides

11. How?
Use “SIMPLE” basic tools:-(keeps the mind focused on what you doing )
-Whiteboards
-Notebook /paper
-Tablet apps

13. Proposed workflow ??
Using the basic tools  MS Powerpoint / Keynote  final document
Find what works for you!!
Save your story boards!!—helps you rundown fast and review every
context

14. 6 Best Business Presentation Software
Alternatives To PowerPoint
 Prezi- visual treat
GoAnimate- Animate anything& everything
GoogleDocs- easy to share
SlideRocket- High end (themes , fonts etc)
ZohoShow- Cloudbased
Slidesnack – (presentation+ voice)

15. Choosing a Design application
What you have?
Tutorial needed for photoshop &
illustrator)
--If not then stick with easier apps
(keynote & powerpoint)
What you are comfortable at?
Use what you are
comfortable at !
Adobe
Prezi
MS ppt
What you have?
Illustrator

16. PROS & CONS

17. Template Board(a tray of your choice)
Why?When?
Once you have selected your
design application , now its
time to put in your Theme
into the app
acts as a reference ..
save them..later
usage

18. Working with images:
•Optimize your image before
incorporating it in the PPT
•How? By any image editing
application
•Convert the images in Jpeg – high
quality

19. The Most popular way !!
Big bold background images into your slide ..
Analyse
the image
Find the
blank
spaces
Make your
text flow
around it

20. Example slide:

21. Working with Images
Optimize Image for optimal Performance
 Resize Image- Reduce Pixels
 Crop the Image
 Use Compressed Images(.jpeg, .gif)

22. Let Your Images Tell The Story

23. DON’T USE BACKGROUND
IMAGE LIKE THIS

24. USE BACKGROUND IMAGE LIKE THIS

25. Working with Text
 Arial
 Times New Roman
 Courier
 Impact
• Use Basic Fonts

26. WHY?

27. Less is more

28. Use a minimum of 30pt font
 This is Size 14
 This is Size 18
 This is Size 20
 This is Size 24
 This is Size 28
 This is Size 30
This is Size 32

29. Maximum 5 Bullet points
Bullet 1
Bullet 2
Bullet 3
Bullet 4
Bullet 5

30. Line Spacing: 1.0
This is the example of
proper Line spacing.
This is the example of
proper Line spacing.

31. Contrast

32. COMMON GOAL OF
PRESENTATION
Data Visualization
 Design follows data
 Think about what makes the info
look good
 Pie Bar chart are for the weak
 Be Creative

33. Story Telling With Numbers

35. Relationships In Data
 Can you relate data points over time?
 Can you compare two groups of data?
 If so, visualize in that manner
Cite your sources(sources should be reliable)
Appeal to your audience

36. HOW TO MAKE CHARTS IN
PRESENTATION

39. ILLUSTRATOR(SUPER CREATIVE WITH THE DATA
YOU CREATE) FOR GRAPHIC DESIGN

41. Controlling The Focal Points
 Draw the audience in
 Make the audience focus on a specific word
 Have a purpose behind them
 Bring meaning to slides

42. Show Pointing Mechanism
Pointing should be done to make it appealing to audience
and if you want to highlight some important data

43. Image Focal Points

44. TEXT FOCAL POINTS
TEXT IS MORE DIFFICULT THAN IMAGES
 Should provide clear instructions where to look
 Appear different
 Have meaning

45. MOTION ON SLIDES
HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH ?
Things to consider….
 Focus should be on the content
 Your not being innovative
 Cheapens the look

46. EFFECTIVE MOTION
Determine the order of information
Distinguish one point from another
Complement the look and feel of a slide
Motion should not
 Distract the audience
Confuse the audience

47. Intro moves
Appear Dissolve Move
Callouts
Scaling Opacity Change Combo Move

48. SLIDE TRANSITION
 Denote a clear end/beginning
 Provide visual break between segments
 Complement the look and feel of the slide
Transition Should not
 Disrupt the order of information
 Cause audience confusion

49. EXAMPLES GOOD
• Simple dissolve
• Colour fade
• Reveal
• Subtle 3D
BAD
• Mosiac
• Sparkles
• Barn Door
• Page Curl
Transitions rules
 Are the same as the motion rules

50. More About Presentations
 Powerpoint 2013 essential training with Jess Stratton
 Powerpoint for mac 2011 essential training with David
Rivers
 Up and Running with Prezi with Lisa Larson Kelly
 Duarte design,presentation design studio with Navy Duarte
 Creating infographics with Illustrator with Mordy Golding

51. THANK YOU!