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PowerPointDesign
Simple Rules
By Robert Mahoney
Backgrounds
Do not use
PowerPoint’s
built-in backgrounds
BORING!
Background courtesy of www.maniactive.com
Use Text Sparingly
• Dow plummets over 5000 points
• Financial crisis looms
• Wild ride for many on Wall Street
Compare this slide…
5000Points
Wall Street in for a wild ride
…to this slide
Use Pictures
• Pollution threatens wildlife
• Exxon Valdez oil spill covered 3167 miles of coastline
• Cleanup costs of the Exxon Valdez spill were $2 billion dollars
• 10.8 million gallons spilled
• 500,000 birds lost
OR…
10,800,000 gallons spilled
500,000 birds killed
Avoid Sounds
• Avoid Sounds like lasers
• Typewriters
• Applause
Reduce Animations
ExcessiveAnimation
STOP
Be Unique
Align Graphics
The graphic should lead your eye into the text
Wrong
Align Graphics
The graphic should lead your eye into the text
Correct
Communication
Use Logic (Logos)
Be Credible (Ethos)
Use Emotion (Pathos)
You are the Presenter
Do not let your
PowerPoint take center
stage