Top 10 slide tips

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Top 10 slide tips Article by: Garr Reynolds Source: http://www.garrreynolds.com/preso-tips/desig n Image by:dustinphillips Source: http://www.flickr.com/pho tos/dustinphillips/686637 3971/

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Top 10 slide tips

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Top 10 slide tips

Article by: Garr ReynoldsSource: http://www.garrreynolds.com/preso-tips/design

Image by:dustinphillipsSource:http://www.flickr.com/photos/dustinphillips/6866373971/

Stephen Ransom
Always choose a font color that highly contrasts with the slide background. Your title does, but the next part does not.
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Source:http://www.flickr.com/photos/60002783@N00/170901288/ Photo by:Bill Saturno

Keep It simple

● Have plenty of “white space” or “negative space”

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Pphoto By: Dave Schumaker

Source:http://www.flickr.com/photos/60002783@N00/170901288

Limit bullet points & text

● Get straight to the point

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photo by: Dough LewisSource:http://www.flickr.com/photos/75403782@N02/6924291605/

Limit transitions & builds (animation)

● Bullet points, should not be animated on every slide

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Photo by:jill ClardySource: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22829128@N08/2715198387/

Use high-quality graphics

● Images from Flickr

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Photo by:ouistitisSource:http://www.flickr.com/photos/ouistitis/6052645034/

Have a visual theme, but avoid using PowerPoint templates

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Photo by:ankakaySource: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ankakay/3757215 846/

Use appropriate charts

● Pie Charts.

● Vertical Bar Charts.

● Horizontal Bar Charts.

Stephen Ransom
How does this image help make the point of using appropriate charts?
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Photo by:Franco foliniSource: http://www.flickr.com/photos/livenature/7808938744/

Use color well

● Cool colors work best for backgrounds

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Photo by: Franco foliniSource:http://www.flickr.com/photos/livenature/11899358093/

Choose your fonts well

Stephen Ransom
It's not clear (to me) how this background image relates to this point...
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Photo By: Pete the poetSource: http://www.flickr.com/photos/17674930@N07/118795104/ 16

● Use video or audio

Stephen Ransom
Again, what does this image have to do with audio or video?
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Photo by: Mike BairdSource: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/3218293723/

Spend time in the slide sorter

Stephen Ransom
I'm guessing that you were going for an overarching "theme" by using all nature photos. The goal here was to choose photos for the slide background that help communicate the point that the slide is trying to make...
Stephen Ransom
Not sure what this image has to do with the idea of organization/sorting...