Presentation Zen

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PresentationZenPower corrupts.

PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.

Jeri HurdISU Media Center

Edward Tufte

Sunday, October 23, 2011

both verbally

It is difficult

and visually

to process information

Sweller, 1980

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sucks rotten eggs

Almost everyPowerPoint presentation

Seth Godin

photo used with permission from Seth Godin

Don’t Be BORING

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Simplifyhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/21644167@N04/4817452232/

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Be ConciseText is redundant.

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Images evoke emotionshttp://loveagape.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/nattu_71c0ea6ee4_b.jpg

Tell the STORY....

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Remove DISTRACTIONS

Badly designed charts

Remove DISTRACTIONS

Heavy lines, shapes

Remove DISTRACTIONS

Heavy lines, shapes

Photos that don’t support your message

grade 3

grade 5

science (myp)

humanities

Number of Pathfinders Created in the2010-2011 School Year

grade 3

grade 5

myp science

humanities

18 Pathfinders Created

grade 3 grade 5 MYP Science MYP Humanities

Millions

1996 2004 2009

800740

World Hungerin millions

Schools are like Factories

They are run by schedules and bells

Students are focused on production and pay (grades)

Top-Down Hierarchy

Obedience is valued

Discrete Subjects, like assembly lines

Schools Are Like Factories

Rule of Thirds

Quotations

Can be powerful, but....

Keep them short

Keep them legible

POETRY is the lava

of the imagination

whose eruption

prevents

an earthquakeLord Byron

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POETRY is the lava

of the imagination

whose eruption

prevents

an earthquakeLord Byron

White (empty) SpaceLess is more

Emptiness is a powerful design element

Use it to achieve balance

Effects of Smoking

• The adverse health effects from cigarette smoking account for an estimated 443,000 deaths, or nearly one of every five deaths, each year in the United States.2,3

• More deaths are caused each year by tobacco use than by all deaths from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides, and murders combined.2,4

• Smoking causes an estimated 90% of all lung cancer deaths in men and 80% of all lung cancer deaths in women.1

443,000 Deathsper year/in the U.S.

BALANCE

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TEXTContrastStyles

ContrastSIZEContrastColors

ContrastFonts

Avoid Death by Bullet Points

Avoid Death by Bullet PointsBe concise: 6-10 words/slide

Tell a story

Use images with emotional impact

Tell a story

Design with rule of thirds,

Tell a story

Design with rule of thirds,empty space,

Tell a story

Design with rule of thirds,empty space,balance

Tell a story

Design with rule of thirds,

Bonus Advice: Avoid cheesy transitions/effects

empty space,balance

Finding Images

http://search.creativecommons.org/

http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/flickrCC/index.php

copyright-friendly sources

Works Consulted

Reynolds, Garr. Presentation zen: simple ideas on presentation design and delivery. Berkeley, CA: New Riders Pub., 2008. Print.

Non-Designers Presentation Book: principles for effective presentation design. Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press, 2009. Print.

Sierra, Kathy. "Creating Passionate Users: Stop your presentation before it kills again!." Creating Passionate Users. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Oct. 2011. <http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2005/06/kill_your_prese.html>.

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