Effective PowerPoint

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Effective PowerPoint

• Stephanie McCarthy,
• Erin Shelley,
• Larry MacPhee
• e-Learning

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Part I Delivery
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10 steps to a better presentation
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1. Purpose

• Hit the target.

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2. Pacing

• Keep it moving.

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3. Interpretation

• Explain your reasoning.

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4. Clarity

• Keep it simple.

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5. Attention
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6. Engagement

• Involve your audience

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7. Personality

• Project your enthusiasm

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8. Navigation

• Provide milestones.

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9. Venue

• Know the room.

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10. Practice

• Know your talk.

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Part II Design

• Layout
• Color
• Graphics
• Text
• Data
• Animation

• Good design is unobtrusive.

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Layout
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Layout Sample 1
Victory posters.
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Layout Sample 2
Victory posters.
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Color
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ALL CAPS IN SCRIPT IS HARD TO READ
Offensive color palettes and bad contrast are
also a problem.
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Aaaah. Much Better.
A memorable quote
Author
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Graphics
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Bad Template Choices

• The SOUTHWEST is warm
• pretty sunsets
• lots of prickly cacti

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Text
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Text
Emphasize like you mean it!
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Data
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Data

• Baby Names Wizard
• News Dots
• Preservation of Favoured Traces
• The Visual Thesaurus

The art of data visualization.
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Avoid Effects
Animation Overload

• Pointless typewriter text.

• Pointless laser text.

Please make it stop!
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The End

• Questions?
• Comments?

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PowerPoint Samples

• Blue Planet
• http//jan.ucc.nau.edu/lrm22/technology/msoffice/
  effective_powerpoint/BluePlan.pps
• Gettysburg Address
• http//jan.ucc.nau.edu/lrm22/technology/msoffice/
  effective_powerpoint/gettysburg_address.ppt
• Motivational Posters
• http//jan.ucc.nau.edu/lrm22/technology/msoffice/
  effective_powerpoint/motivational_posters.pps

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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