HOW TO MAKE PRESENTATIONS?

Presented by:• AASHISH SINGH• ASHISH HIRAWAT• AKASH PATIL• ABHISHEK PANJA• AKASH SHUKLA

Tell A Story

Frames

Font

Colours

Showcase Data

Web Help

Noteandpoint.com

Slideshare.com/popular

Sliderocket.com/gallery

Slidesnack.com

Prezi.com/explore

Tools Of Trade

Which do I Choose?

Budget

Comfort Level

Time to Invest

Work Flow

Design Elements

(AI/Photoshop)

Text

(PPT)

Publish

(PDF)

Setting Up The Deck

Projector/Screen

Audience Location

Subject Matter

What To Do?

Big Typography

Big Pictures

1 or 2 Keywords per slideyour Template

Building your PPT

Creating a “Story” Board

Why do this?

Visualize the structure

Determine the Storyline

Visually Map out the slides

How?

Use “SIMPLE” basic tools:-(keeps the mind focused on what you doing )

-Whiteboards

-Notebook /paper

-Tablet apps

Proposed workflow ??

Using the basic tools MS Powerpoint / Keynote final document

Find what works for you!!

Save your story boards!!—helps you rundown fast and review every context

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Prezi- visual treat

GoAnimate- Animate anything& everything

GoogleDocs- easy to share

SlideRocket- High end (themes , fonts etc)

ZohoShow- Cloudbased

Slidesnack – (presentation+ voice)

Choosing a Design application

What you have?

Tutorial needed for photoshop & illustrator)

--If not then stick with easier apps (keynote & powerpoint)

What you are comfortable at? Use what you are comfortable at !

Adobe

PreziMS ppt

What you have?

Illustrator

PROS & CONS

Template Board(a tray of your choice)Why? When?

Once you have selected your design application , now its time to put in your Theme into the app

acts as a reference .. save them..later

usage

Working with images:

•Optimize your image before incorporating it in the PPT

•How? By any image editing application

•Convert the images in Jpeg – high quality

The Most popular way !!Big bold background images into your slide ..

Analysethe image

Find the blank

spaces

Make your text flow around it

Example slide:

Working with Images

Optimize Image for optimal Performance

Resize Image- Reduce Pixels

Crop the Image

Use Compressed Images(.jpeg, .gif)

Let Your Images Tell The Story

DON’T USE BACKGROUND IMAGE LIKE THIS

USE BACKGROUND IMAGE LIKE THIS

Working with Text

Arial

Times New Roman

Courier

Impact

• Use Basic Fonts

WHY?

Less is more

Use a minimum of 30pt font

This is Size 14

This is Size 18

This is Size 20

This is Size 24

This is Size 28

This is Size 30

This is Size 32

Maximum 5 Bullet points

Bullet 1

Bullet 2

Bullet 3

Bullet 4

Bullet 5

Line Spacing: 1.0

This is the example of proper Line spacing.

This is the example of

proper Line spacing.

Contrast

COMMON GOAL OF PRESENTATION

Data Visualization

Design follows data

Think about what makes the infolook good

Pie \Bar chart are for the weak

Be Creative

Story Telling With Numbers

Relationships In Data

Can you relate data points over time?

Can you compare two groups of data?

If so, visualize in that manner

Cite your sources(sources should be reliable)

Appeal to your audience

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ILLUSTRATOR(SUPER CREATIVE WITH THE DATA YOU CREATE) FOR GRAPHIC DESIGN

Controlling The Focal Points

Draw the audience in

Make the audience focus on a specific word

Have a purpose behind them

Bring meaning to slides

Show Pointing Mechanism

Pointing should be done to make it appealing to audience and if you want to highlight some important data

Image Focal Points

TEXT FOCAL POINTS

TEXT IS MORE DIFFICULT THAN IMAGES

Should provide clear instructions where to look

Appear different

Have meaning

MOTION ON SLIDES

HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH ?

Things to consider….

Focus should be on the content

Your not being innovative

Cheapens the look

EFFECTIVE MOTIONDetermine the order of informationDistinguish one point from anotherComplement the look and feel of a slide

Motion should not Distract the audienceConfuse the audience

Intro moves

Appear Dissolve Move

Callouts

Scaling Opacity Change Combo Move

SLIDE TRANSITION

Denote a clear end/beginning

Provide visual break between segments

Complement the look and feel of the slide

Transition Should not

Disrupt the order of information

Cause audience confusion

EXAMPLESGOOD

• Simple dissolve

• Colour fade

• Reveal

• Subtle 3D

BAD

• Mosiac

• Sparkles

• Barn Door

• Page Curl

Transitions rules

Are the same as the motion rules

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