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I found an interesting blog site on improving presentation skills this week. This site has a recent series which summaries findings from forty contributors on PowerPoint Design in 2009.
As readers of this blog know, I am not a fan of PowerPoint. Actually, that is not entirely correct. I am fine with the technology - I am just tired of watching it be misused. PowerPoint easiliy becomes a crutch for presenters; the slides are cluttered with information making them a burden to read; there are too many slides; the slides are distracting to the presentation itself... All of this leads to boring presentations. I have to sit through a lot of presentations each year and have become sick of seeing this misuse. I am tired of being bored!
The series is broken up into four topics:
1. Does Design Matter?
2. Develop Visual Thinking Skills (addressing debate between simplicity versus detail in slide design)
3. Design and Presentation Issues
4. Most Promising Slide Technologies for 2009
The third part of this series presents six most recommended tips from the contributors. I found these helpful.
1. Plan your content
2. Use a plain background and remove any unnecessary detail
3. One idea per slide
4. Support the headline with graphic evidence
5. You don't always need a slide
6. Put detail in the handouts
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See also:
Why I Hate PowerPoint II
Why I Hate PowerPoint I
Slided Bread
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I found an interesting blog site on improving presentation skills this week. This site has a recent series which summaries findings from forty contributors on PowerPoint Design in 2009. As readers of this blog know, I am not a fan of PowerPoint. Actually, that is not entirely correct. I am fine with the technology - I am just tired of watching it be misused. PowerPoint easiliy becomes a crutch for presenters; the slides are cluttered with information making them a burden to read; there are too many slides; the slides are distracting to the presentation itself... All of this leads to boring presentations. I have to sit through a lot of presentations each year and have become sick of seeing this misuse. I am tired of being bored!
The series is broken up into four topics:
1. Does Design Matter?
2. Develop Visual Thinking Skills (addressing debate between simplicity versus detail in slide design)
3. Design and Presentation Issues
4. Most Promising Slide Technologies for 2009
The third part of this series presents six most recommended tips from the contributors. I found these helpful.
1. Plan your content
2. Use a plain background and remove any unnecessary detail
3. One idea per slide
4. Support the headline with graphic evidence
5. You don't always need a slide
6. Put detail in the handouts
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See also:
Why I Hate PowerPoint II
Why I Hate PowerPoint I
Slided Bread
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