bullet-point-proof presentations

Michelle Dalton

UCD Library

slideshare.com/mishdalton @mishdalton

today is about

#1 talking

#2 doing

#3 discussing

some caveats

design is subjective

design is subjective

very

trying

something

different

Activity #1

think about…

some things to

#1 engagement

#2 content

what story

are you

trying to

tell?

pacing,

sequencing &

storyboarding

one

point

per

slide

less is

more

templates?

white space

colour

colour

(ir)relevant

images

don’t worry that

your font size is

too large…

don’t worry that

your font size is

too large…

because it

isn’t!!

there are more

fonts than

•do you really

•need those

•bullet points?

using pdf

useful resources

“wrappers” powerpoint

prezi

canva

haikudeck

google docs (slides)

emaze

slidedog

images / fonts etc.

ccsearch.org

pixabay

freepik.com

dafont

1001freefonts

fontsquirrel

colour schemes

coolors

pictaculous

color hunter

colourlovers

design-seeds

adobe color cc

color hunter

inspiration

workshop

Activity #2

Groups of 3-4

Choose an abstract

Storyboard & design some

slides

Time = 15 mins

Debrief :)

What’s your story?

Engagement?

# of slides?

Sequencing?

Spacing/Layout?

What was new?

What was difficult?

What was easy?

Hint:

There are no right answers :-)

try something

different

questions?

michelle.dalton@ucd.ie

@mishdalton

slideshare.com/mishdalton

thank you :-)