Design of PowerPoint Slides
The Purpose … The Point
Support & Ease Understanding
OF YOUR AUDIENCE
Williams Design for Non Designers
• Contrast
• Repetition
• Alignment
• Proximity
Contrast
If they are different… Make em different
Font – BIG difference
Color
Location
A background fill
makes it hard to read
Dark on dark makes it
hard to read
Light on light makes it
hard to read
Dark text on a light
background or light
text on a dark
background is the
best way to go
Use Contrast – Big Contrast in text to
draw attention
1.
Font size
2.
Color
Exercise
• Three times a week is the minimum
What do you remember?
• At least
30 minutes a day
• Doesn’t work if you pay
other people to do it
• If you work out, I’ll give you a
rubber
duckie
• The inki dinki
spider
crawled where?
Repetition
Differences stand out
Double edged sword
– Graphic Elements
– Placement
– Font choices
– Color
Now let’s talk about
something different
Alignment
It doesn’t have
to be left aligned
Using alignment
can help with
lots of
information
Alignment gives visual
cues to meaning
Proximity
Don’t sit down to write and design
Storyboard
When delivering, face the front
Use standard fonts when traveling
Pictures lightened can be a background
Keep the lights on
Check the room before
Write your ideas out fist
Proximity
When delivering, face the front
Keep the lights on
Check the room before
Use standard fonts when
traveling
Pictures lightened can be a
background
Don’t sit down to write and design
Storyboard
Write your ideas out first
Mr. Steve’s No Nos
• Busy backgrounds
• Unnecessary effects
• Too much text
– Remember that slides are free
– Rule of 4
• Tiny text – 24 usual min
• Reading slides
Power of the Medium
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Color
Motion
Interactivity
Photos
Focus attention
Weaknesses of the medium
• Text
• Hard to skip around and
customize
• Easy to get lost in options
Pyramid of Power
Presentation
Talking
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