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Guidelines for Making
PowerPoint Slides
“Clutter is a failure of design.”
−Nancy Duarte, slide:ology
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Misconceptions about PPT
Presentations
1. PPT is THE presentation
2. PPT is a teleprompter
3. A slide is a document
4. Design is decoration
5. A message is an encyclopedia of facts
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Confession
• This presentation stole shamelessly
from the book
slide:ology
the art and science of creating great presentations
by Nancy Duarte
I highly recommend reading it.
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Design Elements
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Arrangement
Space
Proximity
Unity
Hierarchy
Flow
Contrast
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Arrangement
Space
Proximity
Unity
Hierarchy
Flow
Contrast
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Contrast Focuses Attention
United States
Russia
China
United Kingdom
France
Israel
India
Pakistan
North Korea
Size
Shape
Shade
ColorProximity
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Flow: How Information is Processed
Text Perspective
Photo
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Hierarchy: Links between Elements
• Parent
• Child
• Strengthen the NPT
• Protects countries’ right to make fuel
• Strengthen IAEA
• Spreads nuclear technology
• Is incapable of warning of military diversions
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Visual Elements
Background
Color
Text
Images
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Background: A Container for Content
Don’t allow it to compete with your content
Nonproliferation
Regimes at RiskKeep it simple and clean
Use default
templates or grid system
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Color: Look for Contrast
Dark
Background
Light
Background
Formal
Larger venues
Informal
Smaller venues
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Text: “Glance Media”
• Simple text
• Low word count
• Crisp thoughts
• Big Ideas
• Clear
mnemonic3
seconds
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Text: Messages in Fonts
Serif
Sans Serif
S
S
Font Personality
Georgia Formal, practical
Times New Roman Professional,
traditional
Courier Plain, nerdy
Arial Stable, conformist
Tahoma Young, plain
Century Gothic Happy, elegant
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Bullets Kill Audiences, Too
• Use them sparingly
• Write them as
headlines
• Use parallel
structure
• Avoid sub-bullets
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Images: 1,000 Words
Photos to tell a story, show
cause & effect, engage
audience emotionally
Shapes to symbolize
relationships and
interactions
Icons to depict statistical
information
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Highlight What’s Important
1 2 3 4 5 6
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Movement: Function over Form
Use Animation for:
• Change in relationship
• Direction
• Change in object
• Sequence
• Emphasis
• Adding value to content
Comfortable
Uncomfortable
Easy
Difficult
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Three Rs
• Reduce your text
• Record your script
• Repeat your story