Design of PowerPoint Slides OF YOUR Support & Ease

Design of PowerPoint Slides The Purpose … The Point Support & Ease Understanding OF YOUR AUDIENCE

Williams Design for Non Designers

• Contrast • Repetition • Alignment • Proximity

Contrast If they are different… Make em different Font – BIG difference Color Location

A background fill makes it hard to read

Dark on dark makes it hard to read

Light on light makes it hard to read

Dark text on a light background or light text on a dark background is the best way to go

Use Contrast – Big Contrast in text to draw attention

1.

Font size

2.

Color

Exercise • Three times a week is the minimum

What do you remember?

• At least

30 minutes a day

• Doesn’t work if you pay

other people to do it

• If you work out, I’ll give you a

rubber

duckie • The inki dinki

spider

crawled where?

Repetition Differences stand out Double edged sword – Graphic Elements – Placement – Font choices – Animation Now let’s talk about – Color something different

Alignment It doesn’t have to be left aligned Using alignment can help with lots of information Alignment gives visual cues to meaning

Proximity Don’t sit down to write and design Storyboard When delivering, face the front Use standard fonts when traveling Pictures lightened can be a background Keep the lights on Check the room before Write your ideas out fist

Proximity When delivering, face the front Keep the lights on Check the room before Use standard fonts when traveling Pictures lightened can be a background Don’t sit down to write and design Storyboard Write your ideas out first

Mr. Steve’s No Nos • Busy backgrounds • Unnecessary effects • Too much text – Remember that slides are free – Rule of 4

• Tiny text – 24 usual min • Reading slides

Power of the Medium • • • • •

Color Motion Interactivity Photos Focus attention

Weaknesses of the medium • Text • Hard to skip around and customize • Easy to get lost in options

Pyramid of Power Presentation

Talking

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