The document discusses key principles from Nancy Duarte's book 'slide:ology' on creating effective presentations. It emphasizes the importance of simplicity, contrast, and focusing on single concepts for each slide, suggesting tools like brainstorming and sketches to generate ideas. The goal is to make slides engaging and quick to understand, akin to a visual communication approach.

1. Slide:ology – A book by Nancy Duarte
(CEO of Duarte Design)
Presented by – Shwetal Kadam
21-08-2014
How to make great slides : part I

2. Customer
Media
Analyst
Government
Industry
Community
Employee
Partners
Board
Investors
Vendors

3. Truth
simplicity
5
SLIDE
RULES

4. Slides are not
documents…..
make them
enjoyable and quick
…like you did at this
age !!

6. Generating Ideas
Brainstorm with sticky notes...

7. Try to Sketch: Reveal / transparency of
organization

8. Try to Sketch: process / how things work ?

9. Slides worth thousand
words……

10. Flow facts Pie chart facts
1st Qtr
2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr
4th Qtr
Start with 12 O’ clock
Maximum 8 sections

11. “Without contrast you are dead” – Paul Rand ( American
graphic designer )
Contrast : identify the main point quickly

12. Perceived
meaning of
location
Powerful Powerful
PowerfulPowerful
Always place your brand at perceived powerful
positions And your competitor at other location

13. “We think too much , we feel very little” - Charlie Chaplin
Not too much at a
time !!
Single
concept on
single slide

14. Simple is beautiful.