HOW TO CREATE

SLIDESTHAT DON’TSUCK

Limit text

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In the first three minutes of Steve Jobs’ iPhone presentation, he used 19 words on on 12 slides.(21 if you count dates)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN4U5FqrOdQ

Limit text (write tight)

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Over the past 12 months, revenues have increased 25 percent. This growth has occurred in spite of a challenging environment.

Despite the tough economic climate, annual revenuesgrew 25 percent.

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One idea per slide (then discuss)

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Photos > clipart

Use quality visuals• Stock XCHNG

• Search for Creative Commons images in Flickr

• Take your own (what a concept)

Say ‘no’ to built-in themes

16:9 > 4:3

Sans Serif fonts work best

• Easier to read on screens

• Clean and simple

• Make the words big enough (too large is better than too small) KS

Sans Serif fonts work best

Contrast in text size

Contrast between background/text

Color resources

• Kuler (Adobe)

• color.adobe.com

Color resources

• Piknik

• color.aurlien.net

• scroll around for different color values

Color resources

• 0to255

• www.0to255.com

Limit colors • Use color to

highlight your points

• You should use a maximum of three colors on your presentation

Use visuals to show/explain

Use visuals to show/explain

Ditch transitions & animation

• Just trust me on this one.

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