1. Presentation Zen
Inpsired by Garr Reynolds
Presented by Cynthia Chandler
cchandler@nu.edu
Original Slides by Nick Dvoracek

3. The strength of
presentations
Use to
focus
& direct
attention

4. The strength of
presentations
1
what
•One idea
per slide
•Don’t dilute
your message

5. or
Put as little as
you can on
each slide!

6. Nicholas Negroponte
Being digital
Atoms
Bits
Slides, overheads
.htm, .ppt, .jpg
Costly
Costly to copy
Costly to move
Cheap
-D or Ctrl-D
You’ve got mail!

7. Everything has the
same emphasis
Can’t tell what’s
important

8. Title
• Point
• Point
• point

9. Don’t
tell me!

10. Use
diagrams

11. models

12. maps
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13. Pictures
Cool!

14. Charts

15. The
Basics

16. The idea is sequencing

17. Presentation problems
• Reading
• Making
others read
• Showing off
• Pontificating
• Hiding
• Title, point,
point, point

18. Presentation problems
• Reading
• Making
others read
• Showing off
• Pontificating
• Hiding
• Title, point,
point, point

19. Presentation problems
Reading

20. Presentation problems
Making others
read

21. Presentation problems
Showing off

22. The idea is sequencing
… not animation

23. Don’t let your
presentation
compete with
your message

24. • Movement effects are
attention getting
• if used sparingly
• The default effect is
Fly from left

25. Motion sickness
• Caused by difference between
• visual field
• inner ear perception
• Motion soon becomes repetitive
• Nobody notices anymore
• Until someone throws up

26. • Save flashy transitions and
emphasis
effects for
• Gives pacing and dynamics to
your presentations

27. • Stay low key
Dissolv Smooth and subtle
e
Wipe Revealing!

28. Presentations
with
PowerPoint

29. Background
issues

30. Background issues
Contrast
Use light objects on
a dark backgound

31. Background issues
Contrast
Or dark objects on a
light backgound

32. Low contrast is difficult to read
Even with strongly contrasting
colors
Low contrast is difficult to read
Even with strongly contrasting colors

33. (Darker than background)
What looks good on your monitor
(Lighter than background)
May not look good projected
High contrast has more
impact!

34. Type
issues

35. Type issues
Legibility
• Bigger type is easier to read
• If you need to use smaller
type, you probably have to
much on the slide.
• 36 pt minimum for all text.
• 24 pt. minimum for graphics

36. Type issues
Legibility

37. Type issues
Legibility
Normal upper and lower case is
easier to read than ALL CAPITALS

38. Type issues
Legibility
Normal upper and lower case is
always easier to read than ALL
CAPITALS

39. Type issues
Legibility
Normal upper and lower case is
always easier to read than ALL
CAPITALS
Use bold, italics, size, colors for
emphasis

40. Type issues
Legibility
Legibility
LEGIBILITY
• Upper and lower
case words form
unique shapes
• All upper case
words are all
rectangles

41. Type issues
Legibility
Legibility
LEGIBILITY
All upper case
takes up more
room
without adding
legibility

42. Type issues
Mixing type styles
Combine normal, bold, italic,
bold italic within a typeface
freely
Use to define function
For emphasis
Never underline

43. Type issues

44. Align
Group
Power
Layer
The power of
computer
graphics is at
your fingertips

45. Less is more
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