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Presentations. Good and Bad Design Principles. Amresh Torul. (Date). Outline page Slide s tructure Fonts Background s Graphs Hyperlinks Spelling and Grammar Conclu sion page Questions. Outline. Include an O utline Page. What to expect Respect the order M ain points only. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
PresentationsGood and Bad Design Principles
(Date)Amresh Torul
Outline
1. Outline page2. Slide structure3. Fonts4. Backgrounds5. Graphs6. Hyperlinks7. Spelling and Grammar8. Conclusion page9. Questions
Include an Outline Page
What to expect
Respect the order
Main points only
Slide Structure – Good
Point form (2 to 4 points) Key words and phrases only
Slide Structure - Bad
This page contains too many words for a presentation slide. It is not written in point form, making it difficult both for your audience to read and for you to present each point. Although there are exactly the same number of points on this slide as the previous one, it looks much more complicated. In short, your audience will spend too much time trying to read this paragraph instead of listening to you.
Animations - Good
Show one point at a time:
Better concentration
Prevent audience from reading ahead
Presentation more focused.
Animations - Bad
Distracting animation
Going overboard with animation
Inconsistent (too many different styles).
Fonts - Good
At least 18-point, if not 20-point
Different size for main points (28pt) and secondary points (24pt)
Standard fonts.
Can you all read what’s written here? (14-point)
CAPITALIZE ONLY WHEN NECESSARY. IT IS DIFFICULT AND IRRITATING TO READ.
Fonts - Bad
Font Colour - Good
Contrast with background
Different colours Improve slide logic (e.g. title and body) Emphasise on a word
Font Colour - Bad
Limited constrast: hard to read Decoration can be distracting and annoying Using a different colour for each point is
unnecessary Using a different colour for secondary points is also
unnecessary Trying to be creative can also be bad.
Background - Good
Simple
Light backgrounds are better
Consistent.
Background – Bad
Avoid backgrounds that are distracting or difficult to read from
Background – Bad
Lack of background consistency
Graphs
Helpful with tabular data
Profits from January to June (Million – US $)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
45 56 45 34 23 12
Graphs - Good
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Profits from January to June
Million
(US $)
Using Graphs
Easier to understand data
Comparisons
Demonstrate predictions
Graphs - Bad
Minor gridlines (unnecessary)Font is too smallNo title
Hyperlinks
Avoid pasting web links and URLshttp://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/
manchester-united/
Man Utd blog
Use Action Buttons instead
Spelling and Grammar
Check your slides for:
speling mistakes
the use of of repeated words
grammatical errors you might have make
Conclusion
Conclusion slide: Summarise main points
Additional information
Effective and strong
Questions
Simple question slide: Invite your audience Be polite
Thank you