The purpose of training is to change behavior.

Michael Allen

•Plan and organize a presentation•Studies on how people learn•Visual aids for training•PowerPoint design – good, bad, ugly•Handouts

ObjectivesBenefits

Lay? Technical?

Talk it Out? Think it Out?

Friendly? Hostile?

Visual Aids

Rule #10 Vision trumps all other senses.

Dr. John Medina

83%

11%4% 1% 2%

Visual Hearing Smell Taste Touch

How Do People Learn?

65%

35%

10%

See and Hear See Only Hear only

Retention After Three Days

Retention – Three Days Later

Six Times Greater

See and hear

Signal to Noise Ratio

Excess is noise

What can be done with fewer is done in vain with more.

Edward Tufte on Occam’s razor

Design makes things clear, but art –the stuff of emotions – makes us

wonder.John Maeda, The Laws of Simplicity