This is the slide deck (with added captions) from my From Cartoons to PowerPoint workshop - the ultimate guide to preparing and using powerful and effective visual aids.

1. Making An Impact With PowerPoint

2. Slides are not a crutch!

3. Just pretend I’m not here!
Don’t hide behind the slides!

4. Slides are not handouts!

8. Death by PowerPoint…

9. …is caused by too many bullets!

10. • Don’t use lots of bullet points
• They’re boring
• People don’t need them
• They don’t remember them
• They don’t even read them
• …even if you use animations!

11. “You must be the change
you wish to see in the
world”
Gandhi
Quotes are one way you
can use words

12. “You must be the change
you wish to see in the
world”
Gandhi
Try changing the colour
for emphasis

13. But it might still be better to have a picture

14. Don’t use pictures which add nothing

15. Use pictures which show how people feel

16. Make the
picture
fill the
screen

17. Try boxes
to make
your
labels
stand out

18. Use
metaphors
to add
interest

19. This is a picture about
leadership!

20. Working in teams Avoid stock
photos

21. Working in teams
Find an unusual image

22. Energy From Wind Power
Don’t go
for the
obvious

23. Energy From Wind Power
Show
people –
and
emotion!

24. 1. Attention
Here’s a
typical
series of
slides to
show a
sequence
– then a
more
interesting
way of
doing it

25. 2. Working
Memory
1. Attention

26. 2. Working
Memory
3. Short Term
Memory
1. Attention

27. 2. Working
Memory
3. Short Term
Memory
4. Long Term
Memory
1. Attention

28. Attention

29. Working Memory

30. Short Term
Memory

31. Long Term
Memory

32. Too much information?

33. 8%
4%
10%
78%
People who understand
your pie chart
People who care about
your pie chart
People who can't see
your pie chart from
where they're sitting
People who took one
look at your pie chart
and lost the will to live

34. Income for
2013/14
Tax Audit Consulting
Show the
minimum of
information

35. Survive for 7 years – pay no IHT!
Keep it simple – show emotion!

36. Use humour –
even for
serious
subjects

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Don’t
waste
space on
your
slides!

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Boring title
so you
remember
where you
are

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Photo
so you
recognise
me when I
stand up

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Desperate attempt at marketing – please contact me!

43. Use
cartoons

44. Embed videos

45. Making An Impact With PowerPoint