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BEAUTIFUL

10 tipsfor making

SLIDESHOW

PRESENTATIONSEdahn [email protected]

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Tip #1

Be clear about the goal of your presentationbefore your begin composing it.

GOAL


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Presentations, like cats,fall into two categories:


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Ugly Beautiful

Credit: Pete Hunt, Flickr


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Ugly Beautiful

Credit: Pete Hunt, Flickr

Just Kidding.


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Presentations fall intotwo main categories:

Technicalpresentations

teach peopleabout a topic. The

topic can be

anything.

Persuasivepresentationsmake people seesomething (likeyour brand) a

certain way.


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Most presentations will combine

elements of both.


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Be focused, but not too dull or repetitive.

Dont bore them!

Its hard to communicatewhen people are busy

playing on their phones...

trust me.


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Tip #2

Create an outline or storyboard of the majortopics you want to address.


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Sketch the basics

Outlineour main

1111 Sequenceour slides

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points

Add detail

to your outline untilyou figure out whatyou want to say in

each slide

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effectively


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Make sure your presentation follows a

logical or chronological sequence.


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Show restraint

Resist the urge to cram everything you

know about your topic into your show.


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If youtry and

tell them

they wont

remember

anything.


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Tip #3

Run away! Run away!

TEMPLATES


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Pop quiz, hotshot:Which slide is more memorable?

(in a good way)

Exhibit A Exhibit B


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Trick question.

ey re o vom .And bothtemplates.


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The Problems with Stock Templates

They lead to infinite bullet point syndrome (IBPS)

They discourage graphics

Every slide ends up looking the same

e es gns are usua y eous The presentation looks like every slideshow

presentation youve ever seen

Your audience will lose interest and focus afterslide number one zero

It reminds people of the 90s (thats bad)


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Build your own

Color LayoutFontsTip #4 Tip #5 Tip #6

But h-h-how?


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Tip #4

COLOR SCHEMEChoose 5 colors that look good together and

match the tone of your presentation.


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Pick 5 colors andalternate them in your slides.

Choose one accent color thatstands out from the rest.


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Choose colors that reflect the tone ofyour presentation.

ColourLovers.com


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Mellow andmodern


ColourLovers.com


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Mellow andmodern


ColourLovers.com

Passionate and

aggressive


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Mellow andmodern


ColourLovers.com

Passionate and

aggressive

Somethingaboutscarves


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http://www.colourlovers.comUser-generated color palettes and more

Websites to help you pick color schemes(for free)

http://www.colorschemedesigner.com/

http://www.colorhunter.com/

http://kuler.adobe.com/

Computer-generated color palettes

Upload a picture and it pulls out the main colors

Similar to the above


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Tip #5

FONT SCHEMEDont get too crazy with fonts.

Pick 3 and stick to them.


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Choose one font

One font for body copy.

for titles.

One font for body copy.

And one font for

accents.

Fonts on this page: Frutiger LT 95 UltraBlack (Title), Frutiger CE 45 Light (Body, Footnote), Airport (Accents)


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Like color, your fonts should also matchthe tone of your presentation.

Good topicFont nameNot so good

topic

Glamour

Chiller

Nasalization

The 50s Hockey

Horror Movies Daffodils, Ballet

Space, Tron,Techno Music

Estate Planning


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Tip #6

LAYOUT SCHEMEDevelop a few layouts and repeat them

throughout the presentation forcohesion and clarity.


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Use the same layouts for slidesthat have the same purpose.

transition

The layout tells your audience wherethe slide fits into the big picture.

content


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You can sometimes get away with justone layout, but in general, youll need a

few basic layouts:

Image only slides Text only slidesMixed slides


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Text Text TextBig TextBi Text

Image

Text Text Text Text

A few samples

Impact QuoteTransition

SubtitleTitle

Text Text TextText Text Text

Content

Impact Image

ImageText TextText TextText Text

Content

SubtitleTitle Challenge

yourself toavoid using any

bullet points.


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In addition to repeating layouts, you canalso repeat more subtle elements.

Remember me?ea you o.


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Tip #7

(WISELY)After a 3060 minute presentation, no ones

going to remember what you said; theyre goingto remember meaningful imagery and quotes.


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Let the imagestell the story


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If youre using afull page image,find some room

in the picturewhere the textcan contrast

against thebackground.


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If an image is too busy add asemitransparent backgroundbehind the text for contrast.


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If an image is too busy add asemitransparent backgroundbehind the text for contrast.

Like This!


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Use images where thebackground of the

image blends into thebackground of the

page. The white spacearound it makes it look

clean and makes theimage pop.

If you can see thebackground, the effect isruined. (In this case, youmight consider makingthe background black.)

Protip: In Google images, you can filter images by color inthe lefthand column. Choose whiteand youre morelikely to find images with white backgrounds. You canalso try searching for white background.


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http://www.sxc.hu/Stock exchange has beautiful images.

Sites with free high quality stock images

http://www.everystockphoto.com/

http://flickr.com/creativecommons

http://www.morguefile.com

Compiles images from other sites.

Requires that you include an attribution.

Almost no restrictions on these files.Dont forget to givecredit when required.


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Tip #8

OR LESSFor live presentations


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In general,if youre giving a

presentation

live

keep your slides to

15 wordsor less.


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Limit one main

po n per s e.


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Limit one main

When you start to

po n per s e.


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Limit one main

When you start to

po n per s e.

Your audience canget distracted


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Limit one main

When you start to

And may begin towonder

po n per s e.



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Limit one main

When you start to


What the hell 60Pomeranians

po n per s e.



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Limit one main

When you start to


What the hell 60PomeraniansAre doing in a

slideshow about

po n per s e.


slideshows anyway


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And then your

ma n po n s os .


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Tip #9

TYPOGRAPHYIts an easy way to spice up slides with text


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Content is what the text says; typography ishow it appears. By manipulating attributes like

Typography

color, font, size, weight, and positionyou can enhance the impact and visual interest

of your slides and create hierarchy.

Impact


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Impact

A quote splashed

across the screen

monotony and

looks interesting.

Interest


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Interest

By movingyoucantext around

interesting effectscreate

Interest


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By moving text aroundyou can create

Interest

interestingeffects

Interest


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Interest

By moving

text around

interesting effects

Hierarchy


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y

color, and placementof the text affects

Changing the type,

how its interpretedand the order in

which its read.


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Tip #10

OVERDO ITRemember white space


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Design likethe Google

Not likeYahoo

http://thedegreys.blogspot.com/


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A slide cant function right

if theres too much stuff on it.


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The white space that surrounds theobject adds emphasis and gives the

page a clean, fresh feeling.

Credit: Ramzi Hashisho


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The white space that surrounds theobject adds emphasis and gives the

page a clean, fresh feeling.

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BREAK THE RULES

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Edahn Small is a content manager and writer inLos Angeles, California.

About the author

Email: [email protected]: http://www.AskEdahn.comTwitter: @askedahn


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