The 7 rules for creating effective slides include 1) slides are not documents; 2) picture superiority effect; 3) slides should be simple; 4) slides must have unity; 5) display data clearly; 6) use multimedia wisely; 7) don't forget your audience. To learn more about each rule, please visit http://alexrister1.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/7-rules-for-creating-effective-slides/
2. Presentation as a THREE-LEGGED STOOL
VISUAL DESIGN
Image Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/haldanemartin/5600194647/sizes/o/in/photostream/
3. MOST
RESISTANCE
to this“leg”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/4264423055/sizes/o/in/photostream/
4. WE CAN’T READ AND listen AT THE SAME TIME
http://www.flickr.com/photos/striatic/229534338/sizes/l/in/photostream/ & photos/x-ray_delta_one/3981617434/sizes/o/in/photostream/
7. Things meant for
READING
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ginnerobot/5423565794/sizes/o/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/1202823367/sizes/o/in/photostream/
8. Not meant for
READING
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gruban/137421901/sizes/o/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/thejourney1972/3386270644/sizes/o/in/photostream/; and http://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/4138925386/sizes/o/in/photostream/
9. Cave painting
Hieroglyphics
Maps
Graphs, charts
Models
Movies, television
PowerPoint slides
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gruban/137421901/sizes/o/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/thejourney1972/3386270644/sizes/o/in/photostream/; and http://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/4138925386/sizes/o/in/photostream/
10. Cave painting
Hieroglyphics
Maps
Graphs, charts
Models
Movies, television
PowerPoint slides
VISUAL COMMUNICATION
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gruban/137421901/sizes/o/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/thejourney1972/3386270644/sizes/o/in/photostream/; and http://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/4138925386/sizes/o/in/photostream/
12. THE TYPICAL SLIDE
• The goal of a presentation is to communicate effectively with an audience
using each medium properly (“properly” = the way it works best for the audience)
• If your slides look like this, you are using the visual communication medium
incorrectly because you are changing visual to written communication
• Audiences will read this slide as soon as it appears on the screen
• Because audiences can’t read and listen at the same time, they will read the
slide first and then come back to listening to you
• Because you’re still on Bullet #1 and your audience has read the entire
thing, the need for you as the presenter is gone. You’ll never catch up to
what your audience already knows by reading ahead
14. #4
Visual Design SLIDES MUST HAVE
7 RULES Unity
#1 #5
SLIDES ARE NOT DISPLAY DATA
Documents Clearly
#2 #6
PICTURE SUPERIORITY USE MULTIMEDIA
Effect Wisely
#3 #7
SLIDES SHOULD BE DON’T FORGET YOUR
Simple Audience!
26. #4
Visual Design SLIDES MUST HAVE
7 RULES Unity
#1 #5
SLIDES ARE NOT DISPLAY DATA
Documents Clearly
#2 #6
PICTURE SUPERIORITY USE MULTIMEDIA
Effect Wisely
#3 #7
SLIDES SHOULD BE DON’T FORGET YOUR
Simple Audience!
28. THE TYPICAL SLIDE
• The goal of a presentation is to communicate effectively with an audience
using each medium properly (“properly” = the way it works best for the audience)
• If your slides look like this, you are using the visual communication medium
incorrectly because you are changing visual to written communication
• Audiences will read this slide as soon as it appears on the screen
• Because audiences can’t read and listen at the same time, they will read the
slide first and then come back to listening to you
• Because you’re still on Bullet #1 and your audience has read the entire
thing, the need for you as the presenter is gone. You’ll never catch up to
what your audience already knows by reading ahead
43. #4
Visual Design SLIDES MUST HAVE
7 RULES Unity
#1 #5
SLIDES ARE NOT DISPLAY DATA
Documents Clearly
#2 #6
PICTURE SUPERIORITY USE MULTIMEDIA
Effect Wisely
#3 #7
SLIDES SHOULD BE DON’T FORGET YOUR
Simple Audience!
47. THIS IS A TEST... SLIDE
• Here are a few additional tips to help you improve your visual design:
• A great place to find images is Compfight.com. I do not use Google Images.
• Compfight is a Flickr search engine. Remember to search “Commercial”
images because we work at Full Sail University, a for-profit college.
• Templates, clip art, slideuments, and stock photos let audiences know the
following: 1) you are boring, 2) you don’t care about them, and 3) you haven’t
joined the presentation revolution. It’s time to get real!
• Audiences crave effective presentations. If you don’t create a presentation
with their needs in mind, you are not doing your job as a presenter.
60. Purposeless Animation
• This animation has no purpose
If you’re using animation
to grab your audience’s attention,
your content and delivery must not be that great...
• Slides should be simple.
• Animation takes away from that simplicity.
• Only use it when absolutely necessary.
61. #4
Visual Design SLIDES MUST HAVE
7 RULES Unity
#1 #5
SLIDES ARE NOT DISPLAY DATA
Documents Clearly
#2 #6
PICTURE SUPERIORITY USE MULTIMEDIA
Effect Wisely
#3 #7
SLIDES SHOULD BE DON’T FORGET YOUR
Simple Audience!
73. Fun Facts About CATS!
• People believe cats were domesticated in Egypt
• Cats are primarily nocturnal animals
• As of right now, studies prove that cats are the
most popular pet in the entire world
Fun facts provided by: Wikipedia.org/wiki/cat
78. #4
Visual Design SLIDES MUST HAVE
7 RULES Unity
#1 #5
SLIDES ARE NOT DISPLAY DATA
Documents Clearly
#2 #6
PICTURE SUPERIORITY USE MULTIMEDIA
Effect Wisely
#3 #7
SLIDES SHOULD BE DON’T FORGET YOUR
Simple Audience!
82. Region 1 Region 2
200
150
100
50
2007
2008 0
2009
2010
83. Region 1 Region 2
HIDEOUS!
200
150
100
50
2007
2008 0
2009
2010
84. Americans Own...
According to the AVMA, who cited the 2007 U.S. Pet Ownership & Demographics Sourcebook
Cats: 81,721,000
Fish: 75,898,000
Dogs: 72,114,000
Birds: 11,119,000
88. #4
Visual Design SLIDES MUST HAVE
7 RULES Unity
#1 #5
SLIDES ARE NOT DISPLAY DATA
Documents Clearly
#2 #6
PICTURE SUPERIORITY USE MULTIMEDIA
Effect Wisely
#3 #7
SLIDES SHOULD BE DON’T FORGET YOUR
Simple Audience!
91. #4
Visual Design SLIDES MUST HAVE
7 RULES Unity
#1 #5
SLIDES ARE NOT DISPLAY DATA
Documents Clearly
#2 #6
PICTURE SUPERIORITY USE MULTIMEDIA
Effect Wisely
#3 #7
SLIDES SHOULD BE DON’T FORGET YOUR
Simple Audience!
95. How to make a sandwich
Purchase the ingredients: peanut butter, jelly, and bread
Collect the ingredients as well as your tools: a plate, a knife,
and a paper towel
Use the knife to spread the jelly on one slice of bread
Wipe the knife off on the paper towel and use it to spread the
peanut butter on the second slice of bread
Eat and enjoy your delicious peanut butter and jelly
sandwich!
96. How to make a sandwich
Purchase the ingredients: peanut butter, jelly, and bread
Collect the ingredients as well as your tools: a plate, a knife,
and a paper towel
Use the knife to spread the jelly on one slice of bread
Wipe the knife off on the paper towel and use it to spread the
peanut butter on the second slice of bread
Eat and enjoy your delicious peanut butter and jelly
sandwich!
97. How to make a sandwich
Ingredients
Tools
Jelly
Peanut butter
Eat
98. #4
Visual Design SLIDES MUST HAVE
7 RULES Unity
#1 #5
SLIDES ARE NOT DISPLAY DATA
Documents Clearly
#2 #6
PICTURE SUPERIORITY USE MULTIMEDIA
Effect Wisely
#3 #7
SLIDES SHOULD BE DON’T FORGET YOUR
Simple Audience!