Design of PowerPoint Slides

The Purpose … The Point

Support & Ease Understanding

OF YOUR AUDIENCE

Williams Design for Non Designers

• Contrast

• Repetition

• Alignment

• Proximity

Contrast

If they are different… Make em different

Font – BIG difference

Color

Location

A background fill makes it hard to read

Dark on dark makes it hard to read

Light on light makes it hard to read

Dark text on a light background or light text on a dark background is the best way to go

Use Contrast – Big Contrast in text to draw attention

Font size

Color

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Exercise• Three times a week is the minimum

• At least 30 minutes a day

• Doesn’t work if you pay other people to do it

•If you work out, I’ll give you a rubber duckie

•The inki dinki spiderspider crawled where?

What do you remember?

Repetition

Differences stand outDouble edged sword

– Graphic Elements– Placement– Font choices– Animation– Color Now let’s talk about Now let’s talk about

something differentsomething different

Alignment

It doesn’t have to be left aligned

Using alignment can help with lots of information

Alignment gives visual cues to meaning

Proximity

Don’t sit down to write and designStoryboardWhen delivering, face the frontUse standard fonts when travelingPictures lightened can be a backgroundKeep the lights onCheck the room beforeWrite your ideas out fist

Proximity

When delivering, face the frontKeep the lights onCheck the room before

Don’t sit down to write and designStoryboardWrite your ideas out first

Use standard fonts when traveling

Pictures lightened can be a background

Mr. Steve’s No Nos

• Busy backgrounds• Unnecessary effects• Too much text

– Remember that slides are free– Rule of 4

• Tiny text – 24 usual min• Reading slides

Power of the Medium

• Color

• Motion

• Interactivity

• Photos

• Focus attention

Weaknesses of the medium

• Text

• Hard to skip around and customize

• Easy to get lost in options

Pyramid of Power

Talking Print

Presentation