Modern Presentations

The new way to make them

By: Prof. E. Pérez

PowerPoint has been on the market

since early in 1990.

But presentations are still made

following the original style.

However, there is a new trend in

creating attractive presentations.

Presentations that capture the

attention and focus on your message.

To obtain those results, use big

images and less text.

But do not increase the image's

original size, use them as they come.

Maximize the retention of a topic

with related images.

Only one topic per slide. More than

one topic is a call to distraction.

Avoid bullets, avoid paragraphs,

skip unneeded phrases.

Bullets interfere with the message

retention; see the endnote.

Use big letters; no Arial. Strive for

vibrant text and harmonious colors.

Be different: use modern fonts -

moderately.

No clipart, no videos, no sounds; only

the essential.

The audience is not interested in

reading.

Make crystal clear presentations. Skip

external distracting elements.

Better make emotional presentations

than intellectual ones.

The visual message is more appealing

than the auditive message.

No tables nor obscure statistics.

Better use numeric summaries.

Numbers are not important, what

matter is their meaning.

Use photos from your smartphone.

The personal touch is unforgettable.

Simplicity is hard to obtain, but it

stays longer in our mind.

Images placed

laterally leave

more space for

text.

The text written

over the images

enhances the sense

of depth.

Color is good for

keeping the

attention, but can

also distract.

Saturated black and

white photos are

more dramatic.

An unexpected

photo is good for

a presentation

break.

This style of making

presentations takes

more time and

requires more

graphics manipulation.

Share your

presentation on the

Web. Many people

can benefit from

your contribution.

With this style,

it is easy to

create versions

in other

languages.

Save your

presentation as PDF. Many apps can

read this format.

With Adobe

Reader use

the Ctrl+L keys for

full screen

viewing.

Want your message be remembered?

Then make it to look different.

More ideas for

presentations in:

slideshare.net

speakerdeck.com/

Free photos for

your

presentation

in:

picjumbo.com/

freeimages.com/

morguefile.com/archive

The Scientific Reason Why Bullets

Are Bad for Presentations

Thanks.

eperez@edpuniversity.edu

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