powerpoint makeover

Dean ShareskiOctober 26th, 2007

Why would we use PowerPoint?

How folks butcher PowerPoint

(it’s not your fault)

Templates…they look cool

Bullets…easy for me to organize

PowerPointlessness

The tedious use of flashy transitions, graphics and sound effects while making a slide presentation that is pretty much lacking in thought, meaning and value.

Overload…Here’s everything I know

Reading the slide

• The other big mistake many people make is putting a lot of text on the page and the reading it like the audience was stupid

• This is true of kids and adults• Research tells us that we actually will be

less likely to remember it this way• So let’s stop cramming our slides with text

and for sure stop reading them!

Solutions

It is easy to dismiss design — to relegate it to mere ornament, the prettifying of places and objects to disguise their banality. But that is a serious misunderstanding of what design is and why it matters. Dan Pink

No Templates

BlogsBlogs

•Good blogs are always updatedGood blogs are always updated•Blogs which are not are rarely readBlogs which are not are rarely read

Background

issues

Background issues Contrast

Use light objects on Use light objects on a dark backgounda dark backgound

Background issues Contrast

Or dark objects on a light backgound

Low contrast is difficult to readEven with strongly contrasting colors

Low contrast is difficult to readEven with strongly contrasting colors

(Darker than background)What looks good on your monitor

(Lighter than background)May not look good projected

High contrast has more impact!

Frame text for emphasis and readability

Frame text for emphasis and

readability

the art of storytellingthe art of storytelling

What makes a good story?

A picture is worth a 1,000…

American Soldiers

Emotion

Humor

Use a detailed script

or outline

Dean’s Rules for Successful

PowerPoint Presentations

1 idea per slide

Animation and Sound

Used minimally

Black Screen

Remote Mouse

Presenter View

Don’t provide a handout until you’re finished

STEVE JOBSBILL GATES

Image Resources

Clipart.com

Flickr

Morgue File

Dean Shareskihttp://ideasandthoughts.org

shareski@gmail.com