6. Crazy Fonts
July 8, 2010: Lebron James jumps
ship from Cavs to Heat
Later that night: Cavs owner, Dan
Gilbert, writes scathing letter,
blogs it…
In Comic Sans Font
July 9, 2010: More people talking
about font than content
Are you thinking, “I’m a scientist. I would never do that!”
7. CERN’s Higgs Boson Presentation
July 4, 2012
Presentation of groundbreaking
research results that may reshape
how we view the universe
Also in Comic Sans
Is it worth losing your message?
8. Times New Roman (Serif) Corbel or Arial (Sans Serif)
• Used in digital media
• Auto adjust of typeset
• No running together
• Used in printed material
• Offsets block effect of
typeset
• May lead to less legible
presentation on digital
media
Crazy Fonts: Serif vs. Sans Serif
9. • Do NOT force your audience to choose
between reading and listening
• 6- words per line (if that)
• 6 X 6 bullet rule
1 thought per line
6 words per line
6 lines per slide
• Text to time ratio
Too MuchText
10. This is point 8
This is point 9
This is point 10
This is point 12
This is point 18
This is point 20
This is point 24
This is point 36
This is point 48
This is point 72
Font Point
11. It’s normally invisible
All the coding from the rest of the
text is in the little bastard
There is NO way to show it in
PowerPoint
Do not cut and paste
The absolute evil of
(the pilcrow)
12. • Reading your slides
• Generic clipart
• Mistake your presentation for a cartoon
• Talk like a robot
• Move like a robot
• Dance like a robot
• Poor transitions
Other Rookie Mistakes
13. • Reading your slides
• Generic clipart
• Mistake your presentation for a cartoon
• Talk like a robot
• Move like a robot
• Dance like a robot
• Poor transitions
• Only using text
Other Rookie Mistakes
14. Forget that PowerPoint is your secondary.
It is there to reinforce your verbal
presentation, not replace it.
The Biggest Mistake
16. Blank slide
Title slide
Content
• Section header
• Title and content
• Two content
• Comparison
Plan your layout
Thank you slide
Citations
Questions
Title slide again
Blank Slide
