death by powerpoint - (and how to avoid it)

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There’s a Yale professor, Edward Tufte, who wrote a whole book about how the presentations we give are fundamentally flawed. He explains how the mass of facts, figures and information up on the screen actually detract attention from what the presenter is saying.

He goes on to mention many of the worst faults of presenters who use PowerPoint.

Ummmmmm……

Faults like reading out every single word on their ever so verbose slides.

http://markandrewgoetz.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/my-new-wallpaper/

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www.ted.com

Lesson.

WE HEAR LOTS ABOUT .

ECONOMIES .

GOVERNMENTS .

EDUCATION S.

OBAMA© http://www.barackobama.com

S.

© http://www.barackobama.com

NOT ONLY OBAMA© http://www.barackobama.com

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WE© http://www.barackobama.com

THINGS THAT HAVE D ME.© http://www.barackobama.com

2001

Frank.

Columbia.

Tropical Fruit

Sonny.

Taiwan.

Warm

Soya-Milk

Alessandro.

Argentina.

Mate

(Herb Drink)

Jin-Ho.

Korea.

Kimchee – Vegetables & Rice

2001

2002

Gyaltsen Norbu.Lhasa, Tibet. Holding a banner.4 Months.

Tsering Tempa.Lhasa, Tibet. Slogans.

2 Months. Torture.

2008

WHO, OR WHAT HAS D YOU?© http://www.barackobama.com

Don’t

overload the

audience

with

information

School Country City

The English LanguageCentre

United Kingdom Brighton

Australian College of English Australia Sydney

East Coast College ofEnglish

Brisbane Australia

Melbourne LanguageCollege

Melbourne Australia

CLM-Bell Trento Italy

Artigianelli Trento Italy

I.I. Martino Martini Mezzolombardo Italy

Places I Have Taught

Name Country Information

Frank Colombia Tropical Fruit

Sonny Taiwan Warm Soya Milk

Alessandro Argentina Yerba (Herb Drink)

Andrei Czech Republic Rye Bread

Jin-Ho Korea Kimchee

Tsering Tibet Torture

Gyaltsen Tibet Prison

People Who Have Influenced Me

Keep it simple

Do use

high-quality

full-screen

images

Warm

Soya-Milk

Warm Soya Milk

Warm

Soya-Milk

www.compfight.com

www.compfight.com

A “public image archive for creatives by creatives”

The “leading free stock photo site!”

http://sxc.hu/

http://morguefile.com/

Don’t use

clip art

Six per cent of

children

experience

frequent and

severe emotional

maltreatment

during childhood

Six per cent of children experience frequent and

severe emotional maltreatment during childhood

Do make

sure text is

legible

Six per cent of children experience frequent and

severe emotional maltreatment during childhood

Six per cent of children experience frequent and

severe emotional maltreatment during childhood

Six per cent of children experience frequent and

severe emotional maltreatment during childhood

Do think

about

alignment

and layout

Name Country Information

Frank Colombia Tropical Fruit

Sonny Taiwan Warm SoyaMilk

Alessandro Argentina Yerba (HerbDrink)

Andrei CzechRepublic

Rye Bread

Jin-Ho Korea Kimchee

Tsering Tibet Torture

Gyaltsen Tibet Prison

People Who Have Influenced Me

School Country City

The English Language Centre

United Kingdom Brighton

Australian College of English

Australia Sydney

East Coast College of English

Brisbane Australia

Melbourne Language College

Melbourne Australia

CLM-Bell Trento Italy

Artigianelli Trento Italy

I.I. Martino Martini

Mezzolombardo Italy

Places I Have Taught

School Country City

The English LanguageCentre

United Kingdom Brighton

Australian College of English Australia Sydney

East Coast College ofEnglish

Brisbane Australia

Melbourne LanguageCollege

Melbourne Australia

CLM-Bell Trento Italy

Artigianelli Trento Italy

I.I. Martino Martini Mezzolombardo Italy

Places I Have Taught

Name Country Information

Frank Colombia Tropical Fruit

Sonny Taiwan Warm Soya Milk

Alessandro Argentina Yerba (Herb Drink)

Andrei Czech Republic Rye Bread

Jin-Ho Korea Kimchee

Tsering Tibet Torture

Gyaltsen Tibet Prison

People Who Have Influenced Me

• What makes me who I am?

• What makes me who I am?

• What makes me who I am?

• What makes me who I am?

What makesme who I am?

What makes me who I am?

• What makes me who I am?

Guns don’t kill people

•

•

•

• bullets do.

Do use

subtle

effects only.

And then?

Am I the same Seth?

Now?

And then?

Am I the same Seth?

Now?

Do adjust

square

photos

(when you

can.)

The Nuts and Bolts

Cropping for Focus

Frank.

Columbia.

Other

Information.

Monochrome for focus

Younger, fitter,

healther Seth.

Mono-

chrome

editing

Do think

about colour

schemes

Matching colour

Non-matching colour

Non-matching colour

Matching colour

Don’t

overload the

audience

with

information

Do use

high-quality

full-screen

images

Don’t use

clip art

Do make

sure text is

legible

Do think

about

alignment

and layout

Do avoid

standard

themes

Don’t use

bullets

Do use

subtle

effects only.

Don’t use

coloured

backgrounds

with photos

Do adjust

square

photos

(when

needed.)

Do think

about colour

schemes

Sources & Thanks

Alvin Trusty’s “How To Create A Great PowerPoint” http://tinyurl.com/AlvinVideo

Chris Hill’s “Free Photos”

http://tinyurl.com/ChrisHillBlog