the ten commandments of powerpoint
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Slides to accompany that famous list - as the original seems to be defunct, I used this copy of it - http://power-points.blogspot.com/2005/09/10-commandments-of-powerpoint.htmlTRANSCRIPT
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The Ten Commandmentsfor Presentation Software
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Speak to
your audience
before launching your visuals
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Keep eye contact primarily with your audience, not with your visual aids.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/162116759
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Avoid verbatim reading of your slides
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4 Keep text to a minimum; let images and graphics illustrate and dramatize your points.
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Use a font style that is simple and large enough (generally sans serif styles at least 20-24 points) to be read at a distance.
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Use a font style that is simple and large enough (generally sans serif styles at least 20-24 points) to be read at a distance.
Use a font style that is simple and large enough (generally sans serif styles at least 20-24 points) to be read at a distance.
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6Bullet Point Discipline
Keep the number of points 3-5 per slide
A screen is not as easy to read as print
A long list is harder to parse visually
How many minutes will you talk per bullet?
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Ensure consistent syntax on each slide
Ensure consistency of syntax for each slide
Ensuring syntactical consistency per slide
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8 Take time to introduce - and pause to allow the audience time to absorb - any - complex information (e.g., from a graph or chart).
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9Put Your Titles to Work!
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Reclaim the Spotlight!
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Sources
The 10 Commandments of PowerPoint http://power-points.blogspot.com/2005/09/10-commandments-of-powerpoint.html
Hawk Eye photograph http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/162116759
Don McMillan video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cagxPlVqrtM
Mandala photograph http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Chenrezig_Sand_Mandala.jpg