The 5 Presentation Design Steps All Presenters Should Know
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5 Choose a style. Try this! Stick to a consistent style with the same fonts, color schemes and graphics. FILTERED PHOTOS: These have grown in popularity thanks to Instagram. FLAT DESIGN: This minimalist style focuses on color and simplicity. GEOMETRIC DESIGN: It’s like digital origami! These basic forms take on complex shapes. 1 Organize your design. Balance out your slide designs. Back-to-back charts and graphs can be overwhelming for the audience as they try to take in all the information. 2 Try this! Try this! Try this! Spread out your graphs, charts and heavy content slides with simple designs in between. Research shows 40% of millennials present face-to-face electronic communication, so consider turning your presentation into a webinar. Go with the visuals. BIG The brain processes visual information 60,000 times faster than text-based information. Research shows that visuals increase retention by 42% so the bigger the visual, the bigger the impact! 3 25% 30% 35% 35% 35% 100 200 300 400 500 600 Try this! Replace words with visual representations to highlight the main idea of the slide. Remember your branding. Your company’s branding may determine the fonts, colors and images you can use. It’s important to follow brand guidelines, but it’s also important to consider expanding your brand. 4 A great presentation design can elevate your message and leave a lasting impact. These five steps will get you started in the right direction. Discover more presentation design tips on Ethos3.com Create icons or illustrations to add to your collateral. Add motion. Motion design adds a dynamic touch to your presentation and engages your audience. Millennials will make up 47% of the workforce by 2020, so they will potentially be a large part of your audience. 5 The Presentation Design Steps All Presenters Should Know FIVE
Transcript of The 5 Presentation Design Steps All Presenters Should Know
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S t i c k t o a c o n s i s t e n t s t y l e w i t h t h e s a m e f o n t s , c o l o r s c h e m e s a n d g r a p h i c s .
F I LT E R E D P H O T O S :
T h e s e h a v e g r o w n i n p o p u l a r i t y t h a n k s t o I n s t a g r a m .
F L AT D E S I G N :
T h i s m i n i m a l i s t s t y l e f o c u s e s o n c o l o r a n d s i m p l i c i t y .
G E O M E T R I C D E S I G N :
I t ’ s l i k e d i g i t a l o r i g a m i ! T h e s e b a s i c f o r m s t a k e o n c o m p l e x s h a p e s .
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design.B a l a n c e o u t y o u r s l i d e d e s i g n s .B a c k - t o - b a c k c h a r t s a n d g r a p h s c a n b e o v e r w h e l m i n g f o r t h e a u d i e n c e a s t h e y t r y t o t a k e i n a l l t h e i n f o r m a t i o n .
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S p r e a d o u t y o u r g r a p h s , c h a r t sa n d h e a v y c o n t e n t s l i d e s w i t h s i m p l e d e s i g n s i n b e t w e e n .
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Gowith the visuals.BIG
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branding.Yo u r c o m p a n y ’ s b r a n d i n g m a y d e t e r m i n e t h e f o n t s ,c o l o r s a n d i m a g e s y o u c a n u s e . I t ’ s i m p o r t a n t t o f o l l o w b r a n d g u i d e l i n e s , b u t i t ’ s a l s o i m p o r t a n t t o c o n s i d e re x p a n d i n g y o u r b r a n d .
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A g r e a t p r e s e n t a t i o n d e s i g n c a ne l e v a t e y o u r m e s s a g e a n d l e a v e a l a s t i n gi m p a c t . T h e s e f i v e s t e p s w i l l g e t y o us t a r t e d i n t h e r i g h t d i r e c t i o n .
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Addmotion.M o t i o n d e s i g n a d d s a d y n a m i ct o u c h t o y o u r p r e s e n t a t i o n a n de n g a g e s y o u r a u d i e n c e . M i l l e n n i a l s w i l l m a k e u p 4 7 % o f t h e w o r k f o r c eb y 2 0 2 0 , s o t h e y w i l l p o t e n t i a l l y b ea l a r g e p a r t o f y o u r a u d i e n c e .
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