A BRIEF HISTORY OF SLIDE DESIGN

Graham Youngwww.businesspresentation.biz

FIRST CAME OVERHEAD PROJECTORS

Three keys to good health

There are three key aspects to having a healthy life:

1) Eating good healthy food to ensure your body has the right fuel

2) Participating in regular exercise to keep fit and maintain muscle tone

3) Going to bed early and having enough sleep to be refreshed in the morning

THEN THERE WAS POWERPOINT

With colour, fonts and the omnipresent “Clip Art”

Keys to Good Health

High quality minimally processed food

Feed your body with the right fuel

Regular Exercise

Tone your body with an exercise regime

Consistent sleep

Refresh your body with ample rest

AS PROCESSING POWER IMPROVED

Images became more available

QUALITY FOOD EXERCISE SLEEP

Feed your body with the right fuel

Tone your body with an exercise regime

Refresh your body with ample rest

KEEP IT SIMPLEOne Idea per Slide

Minimal Text

Quality Food

Exercise

SLEEP

Too simplistic?

Splitting it into 3 slides may be too simplistic after all the real topic is “good health” so maybe the following is better.

Sleep

QualityFood

ExerciseGood Health

REMEMBERVisual Aids should add to what the

presenter says, not repeat it

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