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Presentation Slide Design Presentation Slide Design for the Non-Designerfor the Non-Designer

The New Rules of Presentations

Christina Quick HendersonPYTD 510, Delivering Training

Title Inspired by Robin Williams, The Non-Designer’s Design Book

1) What is your past training using PowerPoint (or Apple Keynote)?

2) Based on your experience at work or school, what are the traditional “rules” for using PPT?

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New New RulesRules of of PresentationsPresentations

1) Design Right-Brained Slides.

2) Tell Stories.

3) Use Pictures.

Great Book!

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People can’t listen and read effectively at the same time.

Watching presenters read directly from their slides is really, really boring.

Slide after slide of bulleted text puts people to sleep.

Garr Reynolds calls this “Death By Powerpoint.”

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Death by PowerPoint

Rule #1

Design Right-Brain Slides

Read Me!

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Photo: Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette

Buy Me!

Rule #3 Use Pictures

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Vision trumps all other senses.

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Rule #10: Vision trumps all other senses.

Show Faces

Find Beauty

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Use Surprise

Be Funny

Image by Kathy Sierra, via Creating Passionate Users Blog

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Use a Metaphorical Image

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New New RulesRules of of PresentationsPresentations

1) Design Right-Brained Slides.

2) Tell Stories.

3) Use Pictures.

Principles of Graphic Design for Principles of Graphic Design for the Non-Designerthe Non-Designer

The New Rules of Presentations Part II

Christina Quick Henderson

Coming Soon!

PYTD 510, Delivering Training

Title Inspired by Robin Williams, The Non-Designer’s Design Book