Design tips for visual storytelling. Learn key design strategies for creating visual presentations.

1. Our brains are wired to process visual
input differently from text, audio and
sound.
People learn more from combinations
of visuals and text than from text
alone.
Multimodal Learning Through Media: What the Research Says
Source: By Metiri Group – Commissioned by Cisco

2. Slides should not be documents.

3. Simple and to the point is always the best way to get your point across.
~ Guy Kawasaki, Chief Evangelist for Canva

4. IMAGES EVOKE EMOTION

5. Design Your Slides To…
Visually
Tell a Story
Connect Your
Audience to You
Accelerate
Message Retention

6. Spatial Contiguity Improves Retention
The placement of text near an image increases message retention.

7. Quotes and Images Are Powerful

8. Message Retention is Increased When You
See, Hear and Do

9. Choose Professional Images

10. Can your audience read your slide?
CONTRAST CONTRAST CONTRAST

11. Colors are emotional. Choose wisely.
CONTRAST CONTRAST
INFOGRAPHIC SOURCE: http://paintersoflouisville.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/louisville-painter.html

12. Fonts Are Emotional
Comical
Horror
Elegant
Corporate

13. Sans Serif Fonts for Readability
(Supplied with MS Windows and Office)
Arial
Arial Narrow
Arial Black
Berlin Sans FB
Century Gothic
Eras
Franklin Gothic
Gill Sans MT
Lucida Sans
Tahoma
Trebuchet MS
TW Cen MT
Verdana

15. • Picjumbo
• Gratisography
• Pixabay
Read about the other 13 on
Dustin’s blog.
Best Places to Find Free Images Online. Read Dustin’s Blog Post…
http://dustn.tv/find-free-images/

16. FREE Graphic Design Tools
www.Canva.com
www.Pixlr.com
www.pickmonkey.com

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