An updated version of my English Language Lesson and PowerPoint Slide Design tips made especially for the language department of Bolzano University, Italy. If you want to skip straight to the PowerPoint tips - go to slide number 48.

1. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gigi62
Seth Dickens - www.digitalang.com

2. Warmer

3. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gigi62
Seth Dickens - www.digitalang.com

5. 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.

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

9. www.ted.com

13. WE HEAR LOTS ABOUT .

14. ECONOMIES .

15. EDUCATION S.

16. GOVERNMENTS .

17. OBAMA S.
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18. © http://www.barackobama.com

19. NOT ONLY OBAMA S.
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20. WE
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21. 3 THINGS THAT HAVE D ME.
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22. 2001

23. Frank.
Columbia.

24. Tropical Fruit

27. Sonny.
Taiwan.

28. Warm
Soya-Milk

31. Alessandro.
Argentina.

32. Mate
(Herb Drink)

35. Jin-Ho.
Korea.

36. Kimchee – Vegetables & Rice

38. 2001

39. 2002

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

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

45. 2008 & 2011

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

50. 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

51. 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

52. Keep it simple

53. Do use
high-quality
full-screen
images

54. Warm
Soya-Milk

55. Warm Soya Milk

56. Warm
Soya-Milk

57. www.compfight.com

58. www.compfight.com

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

60. Don’t use
clip art

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

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

63. Do make
sure text is
legible

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

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

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

67. Do think
about
alignment
and layout

68. 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

69. 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

70. 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

71. 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

73. • What makes me who I am?

74. • What makes me who I am?

75. • What makes me who I am?

76. • What makes me who I am?

78. What makes
me who I
am?

79. Don’t use
bullets

80.  What makes me who I am?

81. • What makes me who I am?

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

83. Do use
subtle
effects only.

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

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

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

97. The Nuts and Bolts

98. Cropping for Focus

105. Frank.
Columbia.
Other
Information.

107. Monochrome for focus

115. Younger, fitter,
healther Seth.

117. Mono-
chrome
editing

118. Do think
about colour
schemes

119. Matching colour

120. Non-matching colour

121. Non-matching colour

122. Matching colour

124. Don’t
overload the
audience
with
information

125. Do use
high-quality
full-screen
images

126. Don’t use
clip art

127. Do make
sure text is
legible

128. Do think
about
alignment
and layout

129. Do avoid
standard
themes

130. Don’t use
bullets

131. Do use
subtle
effects only.

132. Don’t use
coloured
backgrounds
with photos

133. Do adjust
square
photos
(when
needed.)

134. Do think
about colour
schemes

135. NOW IT'S OVER TO

136. https://www.dropbox.com/
sh/m4bvle3azibvpo9/DDLrg
Ppwlm

137. http://tinyurl.com/brnjfg7

138. http://www.slideshare.net/sethdickens/

139. voicethread
http://voicethread.com/

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