Spice it Up

With Pecha Kucha

by Patricia Rand

Guns Don’t Kill People

• Bullet• Points• Kill• People

20 x 20

Why Traditional Lectures Suck

Stop Sign Characteristics

• 75 mm across opposite sides of a red octagon• 20 mm white border• White uppercase letters are 25 cm tall• Reflective field and border• Previously were mounted 2-3 above the

ground

Presentation Makeover

Or, how I changed a sucky presentation into a pretty cool one…

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