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How to make half decent graphics for Powerpoint.
By Colin Burrows
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TODAYS TOPICS
• General Strategy• Organizing Text• Photos• Composition• Colour• Transitions• Final Thoughts
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Rule Number One.
DON’T BE BORING.
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2YOUR AUDIENCE IS
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They are designed to appeal to the broadest possible audience.
They don’t have character.
They don’t have YOUR character.
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Make it about you.
Your audience wants to see you deliver the content.
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Make it about you.
If all that mattered was the content you could have sent an email.
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You have to make a decision:Is this a presentation
orIs this a handout
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You shouldn’t be printing things anyway.
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NOBODY WANTS TO WATCH YOU READ
Unless you’re this guy.
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NOBODY WANTS TO WATCH YOU READ
…or unless you wrote
the Harry Potter books.
…or unless you just look really
good while reading.
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These areyour notes.
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Keep It Simple, Stupid.
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* People have trouble remembering more than 7 things.
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• Avoid• Bullets
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Bullet points tell people you don’t care enough
to write complete sentences
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Remember that decision?
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for presentations
A presenter can: • Elaborate• Explain• Add detail
for handouts
Bullet points may seem cryptic outside the context of a presentation.
You’d better write something that can stand on its own.
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Controlthe flow.
Use animations
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Controlthe flow.
Use animations
or multipleslides
to slowthings down
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Its okay to use lots of slides.
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Lots and lots of slides.
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They’re
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If you have to put a whole bunch of text on one slide then please please please take the time to organize it into manageable bits of information that people can easily digest
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If you have to put a whole bunch of text on one slide then please please please take the time to organize it into manageable bits of information that people can easily digest
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You can depend on Arial.
There’s nothing worse than formatting your whole slide show with some cool font and having it go all screwy on you .
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You can depend on Arial.
There’s nothing worse than formatting your whole slide show with some cool font and having it go all screwy on you .
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Using Black on White,despite your most well thought
out minimalist intentions, just makes you look lazy.
Using Black on White,despite your most well thought
out minimalist intentions, just makes you look lazy.
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Maybe try using a little colour.
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And then keep changing it to keep people awake.
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Photos
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センターイメージ
translation: ‘center images’
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Re-colour busy photos
so they don’t distract from your text
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Pictures with white backgrounds
work the best.
Find a way to connect the pictures with the text
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Use Large Photos
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You don’t want photos that look like this.
….or like this.
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Use Good Quality Free Photos
* Requires you to set up an account, but its free.
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like me, I’m a student, I’m not making any money off of this.
None, I swear.
You can use if you aren't profiting of your presentation.
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1000 words are worth more than a bad photo.
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Its Half time
(Let people know where you are in the presentation)
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TODAYS TOPICS
• General Strategy• Organizing Text• Photos• Composition• Colour• Transitions• Final Thoughts
We are here.
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Composition
Left to right.
1 2
3 4
Guide people through the slide.
Top to bottom.
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- Bansky
Single Focal Point
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Double PaneThis space talks about that space
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2/3THE
RULE
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Title
this text is 2/3 the size of the title.
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Colour
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Black & White Monochrome
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Cool Colours Warm Colours
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ComplimentaryColours
Split ComplimentaryColours
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Transitionsare not toys.
Use them when changing your dialogue from one point to another…
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…or when changing the looks of your slide (they call them transitions for a reason)
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Give people hope.Let them know this presentationisn't going to last forever.
Final Thoughts
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Start your Powerpoint in Wordthen add graphics once you know what to say
For Best Results
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Don't put movies in your Powerpoint.
You aren't as interesting as a movieand you don’t want to follow that.
They never really work any way.
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There are no rules, just think critically
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Be Audience Appropriate
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Compare how it looksagainst other things you think look good
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try to make something your mom will understand.
If your mom understands it, then it makes sense.
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If you can be funnythen be funny.
If you cant be funnythen be yourself.
Unless you’re boring.(see rule number one)
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Final Rule.
Tie the ending to the beginning