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Rules and tools for effective slides in your presentations

This Is Your Brain on Visuals

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Hi!

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Get up!

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Thank you.

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Thank you. (and a caveat)

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Jon Swerens

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Jon Swerens

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Martins Ferry

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“Ah-hi-ya”

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Perfecting your presentation

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Rules and tools for effective slides in your presentations

This Is Your Brain on Visuals

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Favorite pizza toppings: •Bacon •Green peppers •Onions •Canadian ham •Pineapple

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(Thanks to Garr Reynolds for the recommendation.)

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Informative!

(Thanks to Garr Reynolds for the recommendation.)

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Vision trumps all other senses

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vision

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vision

sound touch

taste/smell speech

planning movement

social memory

emotions etc.

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We don’t pay attention to boring things

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Your brain

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Your brain is a theater

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Your brain is a theater

Enormous audience

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Your brain is a theater

Enormous audience

Tiny stage

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“We are biologically incapable of processing attention-rich inputs simultaneously.”

Dr. John Medina The myth of multitasking

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“We are biologically incapable of processing attention-rich inputs simultaneously.”

Dr. John Medina

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Not enough

TOO MUCH!

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Favorite pizza toppings: •Bacon •Green peppers •Onions •Canadian ham •Pineapple

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Bacon

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Bacon

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Green peppers

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Pineapple

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Vision trumps all other senses

The talk leads the slides.

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Nuts and bolts

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Slides

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Use a lot; they’re free

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Avoid the Microsoft templates!

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You are watching “Inception” Warnerbros.com

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Text

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One font with bold

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One simple font with bold

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Serifs: Garamond Georgia Palatino

Times

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Sans serifs: Arial

Franklin Gothic Myriad

Open Sans

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One simple font plus bold

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Not too small

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With good contrast

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Photos

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Paid images

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Free images

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Your camera

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Charts

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Introducing: The world’s worst PowerPoint slide

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vision

sound touch

taste/smell speech

planning movement

social memory

emotions etc.

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vision sound touch

taste/smell speech

planning movement

social memory

emotions etc.

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68 miles

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68 miles

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68 miles

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Vision trumps all other senses

We don’t pay attention to boring things

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Credits and notes: jonswerens.com

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Vision trumps all other senses