Effective PowerPoint

Stephanie McCarthy,Erin Shelley,

Larry MacPheee-Learning

Part I: Delivery

10 steps to a better presentation10 steps to a better presentation

1. Purpose

Hit the target.

2. Pacing

Keep it moving.

3. Interpretation

Explain your reasoning.

4. Clarity

Keep it simple.

5. Attention

6. Engagement

Involve your audience

7. Personality

Project your enthusiasm

8. Navigation

Provide milestones.

9. Venue

Know the room.

10. Practice

Know your talk.

Part II: Design

1. Layout2. Color3. Graphics4. Text5. Data6. Animation

Good design is unobtrusive.

Layout

Align Arrange Group

Victory posters.

Layout Sample 1

Victory posters.

Layout Sample 2

Color

ALL CAPS IN SCRIPT IS HARD TO READ

Offensive color palettes and bad contrast are also a problem.

Aaaah. Much Better.

“A memorable quote”

– Author

Graphics

The SOUTHWESTSOUTHWEST is warm pretty sunsets

lots of prickly cacti

The SOUTHWESTSOUTHWEST is warm pretty sunsets

lots of prickly cacti

Text

Text

Emphasize like you mean it!

DataAnnual Rainfall by Region

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Month

Rain

fall (

Inch

es)

Tropics

Desert

Data

Baby Names Wizard

News Dots

Preservation of Favoured Traces

The Visual Thesaurus

The art of data visualization.

• Pointless typewriter text.• Pointless laser text.

Please make it stop!

Avoid Effects

The End

Questions?Comments?

PowerPoint Samples

Blue Planethttp://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~lrm22/technology/msoffice/effective_powerpoint/BluePlan.pps

Gettysburg Addresshttp://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~lrm22/technology/msoffice/effective_powerpoint/gettysburg_address.ppt

Motivational Postershttp://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~lrm22/technology/msoffice/effective_powerpoint/motivational_posters.pps

Selected References

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward R. Tufte

The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint by Edward R. Tufte

Clear and to the Point by Stephen Kosslyn

Graph Design for the Eye and Mind by Stephen Kosslyn

Why Most PowerPoint Presentations Suck by Rick Altman

Show Me the Numbers by Stephen Few

Visualizing Data by William S. Cleveland

Information Graphics: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference by Robert L. Harris