10 Tips on How to Make Awesome Slides

1. How to Make
AWESOME
SLIDES

2. Hey!

3. Wanna learn how to make
Yeah, ya do!
AWESOME SLIDES?

4. well, I’m gonna give you
10 TIPSto show you how

5. 1
A SLIDE IS NOT
A DOCUMENT

6. • I am very knowledgeable and I have a lot of things to say.
• Because I am so clever I put lots of information on my slides.
• Putting lots of information on my slides also shows people that
I am talking about serious things.
• I don’t have a lot of time for graphics because they distract
people from the important and clever things I’m saying.
• I think it’s important to put as much information as possible on
the slides to make sure that people understand everything.
• Another good thing about having lots of information on your
slides is that you can just read out loud so you don’t have to
worry about remembering what you want to say.
• Blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah, blah.
INTRODUCTION

7. • I am very knowledgeable and I have a lot of things to say.
• Because I am so clever I put lots of information on my slides.
• Putting lots of information on my slides also shows people that
I am talking about serious things.
• I don’t have a lot of time for graphics because they distract
people from the important and clever things I’m saying.
• I think it’s important to put as much information as possible on
the slides to make sure that people understand everything.
• Another good thing about having lots of information on your
slides is that you can just read out loud so you don’t have to
worry about remembering what you want to say.
• Blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah, blah.
INTRODUCTION
this is not a slide

8. • I am very knowledgeable and I have a lot of things to say.
• Because I am so clever I put lots of information on my slides.
• Putting lots of information on my slides also shows people that
I am talking about serious things.
• I don’t have a lot of time for graphics because they distract
people from the important and clever things I’m saying.
• I think it’s important to put as much information as possible on
the slides to make sure that people understand everything.
• Another good thing about having lots of information on your
slides is that you can just read out loud so you don’t have to
worry about remembering what you want to say.
• Blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah, blah.
INTRODUCTION
it’s a document

9. is a
THIS
SLIDE

10. SEE THE DIFFERENCE?
NotSlide

11. Your audience should be
WATCHING

12. not
READING

13. slides should be
VISUAL

14. like
BILLBOARDS

15. people should get the message in
3 SECONDS

16. Stick to
per slide
ONE IDEA

17. MORE SLIDES
LESS TEXT

18. 2
AVOID STOCK
TEMPLATES

22. they’re
BORING

23. and
UGLY

24. they look like you made
NO EFFORT

25. MAKE
YOUR
OWN
so

26. How??

27. 3
CHOOSE THE RIGHT
COLOR SCHEME

28. choose colors that
MATCH YOUR THEME

29. ADVANCES
IN ROBOTICS
Nope!

30. ADVANCES
IN ROBOTICS
Better!

31. Choose about
4-5 COLORS Warm and
comforting
Sober and
corporate
redecorating
the kitchen

32. From here
ADOBE KULER
Free Resource

33. 4
CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TYPE OF FONT

34. like colors, your type should
MATCH YOUR THEME

35. the
wild
west

36. SPORTS

37. Something about
Home-made Cupcakes
l

38. select about
3 FONTSand stick with them

39. HEADINGS
Body Text
Highlights

40. AVOID
STOCK
FONTS

41. Times New Roman
DON’T USE THESE
Arial
Calibri
Papyrus
Mistral

42. BEBAS NEU
TRY THESE
Chunk Five
Open Sans
Archisto
Streetwear

43. helvetica
always
looks good

44. play with type to create
DIFFERENT EFFECTS

45. PLAY WITH TYPE
D I F F E R E N T E F F E C T S
to create

46. PLAY WITH TYPE
Different Effects
TO CREATE

47. WHATEVER YOU DO…

48. never use Comic Sans

49. unless you’re a 9 year-old girl
giving a presentation about
unicorns

50. From here
FONT SQUIRREL
Free Resource

51. 5
A PICTURE
THOUSAND WORDS
IS WORTH A

52. people remember
IMAGESmore than words

53. of sensory
receptors are
in your eyes70
PERCENT
f
e 50
PERCENT
of your brain is
involved in
visual processing

54. e
b b
AFTER 72 HOURS
10%
e e35% 65%
m m

55. choose
to convey your message
STRONG IMAGES

56. stock images look
PHONY

57. so use
NATIVEones

58. From here
STOCKSNAP
Free Resource

59. 6
BE ICONIC

60. icons help you represent
COMPLEX IDEAS

61. INTERNET SECURITY
z

62. HEAVY INDUSTRY
n

63. PENGUINS
!

64. build yourself an
ICON LIBRARAY
ABCDGHIJLMNOPQRSTU
VXabdefghjlmqrstuy
tuvwy1 ! " # $ % g

65. From here
Free Resource
THE NOUN PROJECT

66. 7
SPACE IS YOUR
FRIEND

67. is any area where there is
WHITE SPACE
NO TEXT OR GRAPHICS

68. it helps your audience
FOCUSon your message

69. it doesn’t actually have to be white.
See??

70. 8
STATS CAN BE
BEAUTIFUL

71. make information
VISUAL

72. WHY DO THIS…

73. WHEN YOU CAN DO THIS?

74. SHOW YOUR
STRUCTURE
9

75. SIGN POSTS
use

76. help the audience navigate your slides
REPEATED PATTERNS

77. CARTOONS
10
ANIMATION IS FOR

78. MAGIC SHOW
it’s not a

79. animations
DISTRACTyour audience

80. so keep them to a
MINIMUM

81. no more than about
.5 SECONDSm
per animation

82. SUMMARY

83. Thanks