Basic Rules for Presentations

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Basic Rules for Presentations

• Dont try to dazzle the audience with graphics or
  stylebut with the information.
• The medium is not the message.
• The information is the message.

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Background
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Format/ General

• Avoid overused templates

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Basic Rules for Presentations

• Contrast is important.
• For paper
• Dark text on a light background.

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Basic Rules for Presentations

• For projection
• Light text on a semi-dark background.
• The eye is attracted to the light on the screen.

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Basic Rules for Presentations

• Stick with a single background.
• The background is the stage for your information.
• Set the stage and leave it alone!

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Color
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Colors per slide

• No more than four colors per slide
• Too busy if use more
• Viewers dont know why you are using color
• The viewers dont know what is important and
  highlighted if you use lots of colors

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Colors per slide

• No more than four colors per slide
• Too busy if use more
• Viewers dont know why you are using color
• The viewers dont know what is important and
  highlighted if you use lots of colors

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Colors for type and background
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Colors to use

• Light yellow on a blue background
• White on a black background
• Black on a light yellow background
• Black on a white background may be too bright

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Colors to use

• Light yellow on a blue background
• White on a black background
• Black on a light yellow background
• Black on a white background may be
• too bright

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Colors to use

• Light yellow on a blue background
• White on a black background
• Black on a light yellow background
• Black on a white background may be
• too bright

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Colors to use

• Light yellow on a blue background
• White on a black background
• Black on a light yellow background
• Black on a white background may be
• too bright

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Other color information
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Other color information

• Dont use red for text
• It is hard to see and read

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Other color information

• Avoid red on a green background
• Colorblind viewers will have difficulty

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Other color information

• For gradients, think earth to sky
• Darker colors on bottom and lighter on top

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Other color information

• Red backgrounds stimulate emotion
• Use burgundy instead

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Other color information

• Red backgrounds stimulate emotion
• Use burgundy instead

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Other color information

• Green backgrounds make the viewer feel
  involvement with the topic

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Other color information

• Gray backgrounds make the viewer feel that the
  information shows a lack of commitment or
  neutrality

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Other color information

• Blue backgrounds indicate a calm, conservative
  message

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Other color information

• Yellow backgrounds indicate hope for the future
  and cheerfulness

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Other color information

• Purple backgrounds give the feeling of fantasy or
  are perceived as child-like
• Save purple for the lighter topics

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Other color information

• Brown backgrounds are perceived as the
  presentation of passive information
• Viewers feel that information on brown
  backgrounds is less stable

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Other color information

• Black backgrounds indicate power and
  sophistication
• Ideal for presenting information that the
  audience has no choice but to accept
• fixed budget figures

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Information about fonts
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Use Restraint With Fonts

• Employ only a few..stick to familiar fonts
• Stay away from gimmicky fonts unless for a theme.
• Keep type sizes consistent.
• Serif vs San Serif.

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Be font savvy

• Sans serif good
• Arial
• Arial Black
• Futura
• Tahoma

• Serif bad
• Times New Roman
• Imprint
• Courier

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Choose Fonts Wisely

• Italics are more difficult to read.
• Use bold when you want some words to stand out.
• Font size
• Easy to read (18 pt)
• Easy to read (24 pt)
• Easy to read (32 pt)
• Easy to read (48 pt)

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How much text

• Use the general 6x6 rule
• No more than six words across
• No more than six bullet points
• Words are considered markers
• Text needs to include keywords only

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HOW ABOUT CAPITAL LETTERS?

• Make limited use of all capital letters
• Our eyes need to capture the shapes of the
  letters above and below the line
• Words in all capital letters have nearly the same
  visual shape
• What does this say.

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Avoid Text Overload

• Having too much text on the screen can defeat the
  purpose of using PowerPoint. The slides begin to
  look like a jumble of text, making slides
  difficult to read and unrecognizable from each
  other. People will either try to read everything
  or copy everything down or they will lose
  interest. List only the key points. If you have
  more info to include use more slides or create
  handouts.

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Basic Rules That You Must Have to Have a Good
Presentation.

• One of the most common mistakes in creating a
  presentation is to place too much information on
  the screen. This can cause the reader to become
  distracted from the speakerjust like you are
  now. Audiences are much more receptive to the
  spoken word.

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Basic Rules

• Keep it simple..
• Make bulleted points easy to read.
• Keep text easy to understand.
• Use concise wording.
• Bullets are focal points.
• Presenter provides elaboration.
• Keep font size large.

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Information about graphics
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Basic Rules for Presentations

• Balance.
• Centered graphics leave little room for text.

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Basic Rules for Presentations

• Balance.

• Place graphics off-center.
• More room for text.
• Better balance.
• More pleasing to the eye.
• Left placement leads the eye to the text.

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Clip Art Graphics

• A few excellent graphics are better than many
  poor ones.
• Photographs can be powerful.
• Use sparingly!

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• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Religious leader
• Civil rights activist
• Author/poet
• Labor activist
• Minister
• Antiwar activist

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Martin Luther King Jr.

• Religious leader
• Civil rights activist
• Author/poet
• Labor activist
• Minister
• Antiwar activist

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Information on transitions
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Fade in and dim

• Points in a text chart are highlighted one point
  at a time
• This prevents your audience from reading ahead of
  you
• Focuses their attention on the point you're
  discussing
• Dims previously introduced points

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Using a transition in a diagram
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Avoid death by cheese

• Weird sound effects
• Most transitions
• Flying text
• Strange animations
• Bad clip-art

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Clip-art Hall of Shame
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