Presentation Follies

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Presentation Follies

• Things That Make You Wonder
• What You Were Thinking
• When You Designed the Presentation

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The I Put Way Too Much Information on the Page
Slide

• Sometimes you may get carried away with your
  thought process and cannot escape the urge to
  ramble on even though you know the audience is
  trying to read your slide and listen to you at
  the same time--this can be terribly disconcerting
  to you when their eyes begin to become glossed
  over and they enter the twilight zone.
• I wish I could put a little more information on
  this screen.

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The I Put In Way Too Many Levels of Information
Slide

• Look how many levels of info I can show you
• Here is one -- you are with me
• Now, its getting a little small and you are
  wondering how important this information actually
  is
• Another level just reiterates the point to
  you--this is way too complex
• Can it get any more intimidating?
• I Quit!

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The I Learned How to Shadow Text Slide

• Adding shadow effects to a slide can add to the
  attractiveness to images and graphics.
• However, adding the effect to text can make its
  reading quite difficult.

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The Man, Arent These Build Effects Fun Slide

• Too many build effects and too much motion can be
  distracting.

• See if you catch my drift

• Here, isnt this neat?

• Look how creative I can be.

• Who cares if you are paying more attention to the
  effect than you are the information.

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The Now I Can Add Sound to the Text Slide

• Sound, when it add effect to an animation, can
  enhance recall.

• However, when inserted for no apparent reason.

• The audience begins to anticipate the sound...

• And, they become distracted from the message.

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The I Could Read the Size Print in My Office
Slide

• In the attempt to put additional levels of
  information on a slide
• You begin to type smaller and smaller
• Until finally the audience asks you to read the
  information aloud.

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The Arent These Colors Sick Slide

• Color contrasts add to clarity and result in less
  eye strain.
• Soft background with dark text
• Dark background with light text
• Color contrast must be vivid.

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The Look at All the Nice Clipart I Have Slide

• Relevant photos can help in knowledge transfer.

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The Look at All the Nice Clipart I Have Slide

• Now, this is overkill!

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The Look at All the Nice Clipart I Have Slide

• Quality clipart should be used.
• Some have been overused.

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The Way Too Many Transitions Slides

• Transitions can add effect if used consistently
  and logically.

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The Way Too Many Transitions Slides--Number One

• However, too much variety and too much motion can
  lose the audience.

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The Way Too Many Transitions Slides--Number Two

• Here is a neat one!!

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The Way Too Many Transitions Slides--Number
Three

• Here we go again!!

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The Way Too Many Transitions Slides--Number Four

• Now, where are we going?