These are the slides I used for my presentation at the IATEFL Rome BESIG summer mini-conference. They're basically an updated version of my last slides discussing how to make a good PowerPoint. It includes a lesson I use with my EFL students for the first 49 slides. Skip to slide 50 if you just want the advice.

1. http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/
Non-commercial, share-
alike, with attribution. Seth Dickens - www.digitalang.com

3. www.digitalang.com/blog

6. There’s a Yale professor, Edward Tufte, who
wrote a whole book about how the
presentations we give are fundamentally
flawed. He explains how the mass of facts,
figures and information up on the screen
actually detract attention from what the
presenter is saying.
He goes on to mention many of the worst faults
of presenters who use PowerPoint.
Ummmmmm……
Faults like reading out every single word on
their ever so verbose slides.

8. bad
http://markandrewgoetz.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/my-new-wallpaper/

11. www.ted.com

13. Lesson.

15. WE HEAR LOTS ABOUT .

16. ECONOMIES .

17. GOVERNMENTS .

18. EDUCATION S.

19. OBAMA S.
© http://www.barackobama.com

20. © http://www.barackobama.com

21. NOT ONLY OBAMA S.
© http://www.barackobama.com

22. WE
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23. THINGS THAT HAVE D ME.
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24. 2001

25. Frank.
Columbia.

26. Tropical Fruit

29. Sonny.
Taiwan.

30. Warm
Soya-Milk

33. Alessandro.
Argentina.

34. Mate
(Herb Drink)

37. Jin-Ho.
Korea.

38. Kimchee – Vegetables & Rice

40. 2001

41. 2002

43. Gyaltsen Norbu.
Lhasa, Tibet.
Holding a banner.
4 Months.

45. Tsering Tempa.
Lhasa, Tibet.
Slogans.
2 Months.
Torture.

47. 2008

49. WHO, OR WHAT HAS D YOU?
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51. Don’t
overload the
audience
with
information

52. Places I Have Taught
School Country City
The English Language United Kingdom Brighton
Centre
Australian College of English Australia Sydney
East Coast College of Brisbane Australia
English
Melbourne Language Melbourne Australia
College
CLM-Bell Trento Italy
Artigianelli Trento Italy
I.I. Martino Martini Mezzolombardo Italy

53. People Who Have Influenced Me
Name Country Information
Frank Colombia Tropical Fruit
Sonny Taiwan Warm Soya Milk
Alessandro Argentina Yerba (Herb Drink)
Andrei Czech Republic Rye Bread
Jin-Ho Korea Kimchee
Tsering Tibet Torture
Gyaltsen Tibet Prison

54. Keep it simple

55. Do use
high-quality
full-screen
images

56. Warm
Soya-Milk

57. Warm Soya Milk

58. Warm
Soya-Milk

59. www.compfight.com

60. www.compfight.com

61. A “public image archive for creatives by creatives”
http://morguefile.com/
The “leading free stock photo site!”
http://sxc.hu/

62. Don’t use
clip art

63. Six per cent of
children
experience
frequent and
severe emotional
maltreatment
during childhood

64. Six per cent of children experience frequent and
severe emotional maltreatment during childhood

65. Do make
sure text is
legible

66. Six per cent of children experience frequent and
severe emotional maltreatment during childhood

67. Six per cent of children experience frequent and
severe emotional maltreatment during childhood

68. Six per cent of children experience frequent and
severe emotional maltreatment during childhood

69. Do think
about
alignment
and layout

70. People Who Have Influenced Me
Name Country Information
Frank Colombia Tropical Fruit
Sonny Taiwan Warm Soya
Milk
Alessandro Argentina Yerba (Herb
Drink)
Andrei Czech Rye Bread
Republic
Jin-Ho Korea Kimchee
Tsering Tibet Torture
Gyaltsen Tibet Prison

71. Places I Have Taught
School Country City
The English United Kingdom Brighton
Language Centre
Australian College Australia Sydney
of English
East Coast College Brisbane Australia
of English
Melbourne Melbourne Australia
Language College
CLM-Bell Trento Italy
Artigianelli Trento Italy
I.I. Martino Mezzolombardo Italy
Martini

72. Places I Have Taught
School Country City
The English Language United Kingdom Brighton
Centre
Australian College of English Australia Sydney
East Coast College of Brisbane Australia
English
Melbourne Language Melbourne Australia
College
CLM-Bell Trento Italy
Artigianelli Trento Italy
I.I. Martino Martini Mezzolombardo Italy

73. People Who Have Influenced Me
Name Country Information
Frank Colombia Tropical Fruit
Sonny Taiwan Warm Soya Milk
Alessandro Argentina Yerba (Herb Drink)
Andrei Czech Republic Rye Bread
Jin-Ho Korea Kimchee
Tsering Tibet Torture
Gyaltsen Tibet Prison

75. • What makes me who I am?

76. • What makes me who I am?

77. • What makes me who I am?

78. • What makes me who I am?

80. What makes
me who I
am?

82.  What makes me who I am?

83. • What makes me who I am?

84. Guns don’t kill people
•
•
•
• bullets do.

85. Do use
subtle
effects only.

86. Am I the
same Seth?
Now? And then?

87. Am I the
same Seth?
Now? And then?

93. Do adjust
square
photos
(when you
can.)

99. The Nuts and Bolts

100. Cropping for Focus

107. Frank.
Columbia.
Other
Information.

109. Monochrome for focus

117. Younger, fitter,
healther Seth.

119. Mono-
chrome
editing

120. Do think
about colour
schemes

121. Matching colour

122. Non-matching colour

123. Non-matching colour

124. Matching colour

126. Don’t
overload the
audience
with
information

127. Do use
high-quality
full-screen
images

128. Don’t use
clip art

129. Do make
sure text is
legible

130. Do think
about
alignment
and layout

131. Do avoid
standard
themes

132. Don’t use
bullets

133. Do use
subtle
effects only.

134. Don’t use
coloured
backgrounds
with photos

135. Do adjust
square
photos
(when
needed.)

136. Do think
about colour
schemes

137. Sources & Thanks
Alvin Trusty’s “How To Create A Great PowerPoint”
http://tinyurl.com/AlvinVideo
Chris Hill’s “Free Photos”
http://tinyurl.com/ChrisHillBlog