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Preparing Effective Presentations
by Dr Surinder Kumar
Small changes have major consequencesImage: The wanderer's eye at flickr.com
30 million presentations made each day
30 million presentations made each day
95% sucks
50% are unbearable
Curse the darkness
Show the way
Preparing Effective Presentations
1. Create a story
Image: Mike Haufe at flickr.com
2. Simplify
Keep background neat and basic
Use standard fonts
Use standard fontsSans Serif fonts are easy on eyes
Serif fonts are a little difficult
Script type fonts are difficult to readFunky fonts, a big no
Use large fonts
• Arial 12
• Arial 18
• Arial 24
• Arial 32• Arial 36
• Arial 44
•Arial 66
•Arial 88
Use
large fonts
• Arial 12
• Arial 18
• Arial 24
• Arial 32• Arial 36
• Arial 44
•Arial 66
•Arial 88
Use
large fonts
Use sentence caseIT IS DIFFICULT TO READ A TEXT WHEN WRITTEN IN ALL CAPITALS.
It is easier and faster to read, if written in sentence case.
Use color and contrast carefully
Color and ContrastUse contrasting colors for fonts and background.
Dark background and a light font is good for dark rooms.
Light background and a dark font is good for bright rooms.
Minimizecolors, fonts and styles
Fancy slide-transitions, animations and sound-effects distract
Limit text
The cost of a poor PowerPoint presentation is staggering. Ian Parker in The New Yorker magazine states that according to Microsoft estimates, there are more than 30 million PowerPoint presentations made each day. If we assume some relatively conservative meeting parameters of four people per presentation, a half-hour presentation on average and the wasted time due to a poor presentation is one-quarter of the presentation time, we arrive at a waste of 15 million person hours per day. At an average salary of $35,000 per year for those attending the meeting, the cost of that wasted time is a staggering $252 million and change each day.
•30 million PowerPoint presentations
•Poor presentations cost 15 million person hours per day
•Cost of that wasted time is a staggering $252 million
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30 million presentations made each day
30 million presentations made each day
25 % are bad
30 million presentations made each day
Cost $252 million
Make Slides
Progressive
3 Say it with a
picture
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Death is certain, but how and when it will come is uncertain.
Death is certain, but how and when it will come is uncertain.
Death is certain, but how and when it will come is uncertain.
Death is certain, but how and when it will come is uncertain.
Light at the end of the tunnel.
Light at the end of the tunnel.
Light at the end of the tunnel.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Albert Einstein
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”Leonardo Da Vinci
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”Leonardo Da Vinci
Thank YouTo download transcript, visit www.surinderkumar.com
References and further reading
Some good presentations on this topic:
1. http://www.slideshare.net/satyajeet_02/how-to-make-effective-presentation
2. http://www.slideshare.net/tbisaacs/influencing-change-through-presentations
3. http://www.slideshare.net/cvgallo/the-presentation-secrets-of-steve-jobs-2609477
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