Effective PowerPoint Stephanie McCarthy, Erin Shelley, Larry MacPhee e-Learning.
29
Effective PowerPoint Stephanie McCarthy, Erin Shelley, Larry MacPhee e-Learning
-
Upload
melvin-parks -
Category
Documents
-
view
216 -
download
0
Transcript of Effective PowerPoint Stephanie McCarthy, Erin Shelley, Larry MacPhee e-Learning.
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
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
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
