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Microsoft PowerPoint
Successful Slide Presentations
Overview
1. Why we use slides
?3. Readable Slides
2. Potential Pitfalls 4. Memorable Slides
Why we use slides
• More convenient than transparencies or physical slides
• Reinforce key points
• Visualize important information
• Present visual arguments
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Potential Pitfalls
• Projecting slides that no one will read
• Projecting slides that no one will remember
• Using good slides ineffectively
Readable Slides
• Typography
• Color
• Layout
• Style
Readable Slides
Typography
– Use a sans serif font– Use a sans serif font
– Boldface your font
– Use type size of 18 points or greater for most text
– AVOID USING ALL CAPS
Readable SlidesTypography – Font Size
Remember that your audience is far from the screen.
Tahoma
32 pt28 pt24 pt20 pt18 pt16 pt14 pt12 pt10 pt
TNR
32 pt28 pt24 pt20 pt18 pt16 pt14 pt12 pt10 pt
Courier
32 pt28 pt24 pt20 pt18 pt16 pt14 pt12 pt10 pt
Comic
32 pt28 pt24 pt20 pt18 pt16 pt14 pt12 pt10 pt
Lucida Sans
32 pt28 pt24 pt20 pt18 pt16 pt14 pt12 pt10 pt
Readable SlidesColor
Use dark text on a light background
Or use light text on a dark background
Never use red text on a green background
Never use green text on a red background
Colors have emotional effects. This combination is known to cause agitation in audiences
Blue and green backgrounds are more soothing
Red backgrounds can have a similar effect.
The layout of readable slides
Layout– Use sentence headlines on most slides– Keep text blocks to less than two lines– Lists
• Keep lists to under four items• Use parallel structure for list items• Avoid sub-lists if possible
– Be generous with white space
The style of readable slides
• Include a relevant image on each slide
• Limit the number of items on each slide
• Limit the number of slides
Memorable Slides
• Presentation Structure
• Slide Content
Memorable PresentationsUse organization slides for structure
• Introductory or mapping slides define the structure for the audience
• Transition slides signal shifts between each major section
• Summary slides reiterate key points
An example of a mapping slide
Overview1. Why we use slides
?3. Readable Slides
2. Potential Pitfalls 4. Memorable Slides
Memorable Slides
• Short statements are easier to remember than long statements
• Use grammatical parallelism to aid in the readers comprehension
• Images and graphs are more memorable than words or raw data
Memorable Slides
• Use short statements
• Edit for concision
• Use parallel constructions when possible
• Use graphics to present important points
Memorable SlidesGraphs are more memorable than raw data
Figure 11. Blood glucose levels for normal individual and diabetic [Carlson, 1982].
Hour
12:00 6:00 am 12:00 6:00 pm 12:00
BloodGlucoseLevel(mg/dl)
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
BreakfastLunch Dinner
Normal
Diabetic
Time(hour)
midnight2:004:006:008:00
10:00noon2:004:006:008:00
10:00
Normal(mg/dl*)
100.393.688.2
100.5138.6102.4
93.8132.3103.8
93.6127.8109.2
Diabetic(mg/dl)
175.8165.7159.4
72.1271.0224.6161.8242.7219.4152.6227.1221.3
Table 2. Blood glucose levels [Carlson, 1982].
* decaliters/milligram
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41
Series1
Series2
Series3
Series4
Series5
Memorable SlidesOverly complicated graphs might not be memorable
Memorable SlidesImages are sometimes more memorable than words
A tsunami is a big wave.
Using slides effectively
• Your presentation should be more than you slides. Don’t just read them.
• Use blank screens or placeholder screens to bring attention back to you.
Summary
• Use design elements to make your slides readable
• Use organization slides to give your presentation structure
• Use visuals for presenting important data and arguments
• Remember that the slides are only part of the presentation