Guidelines for Preparing
Slides
SUNA speakers information
FYI prior to the conference
SUNA is no longer printing a syllabus, so
power point presentations will be
uploaded prior to the meeting for
attendees to print the handouts they’d like
to bring with them.
 These will be uploaded as a PDF so that
your work is protected – registrants will
simply print these PDFs to bring on-site.
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Post-conference
SUNA is now partnered with Digitell, Inc, which
will allow us to provide quality education to our
members and colleagues unable to attend our
Symposium and Conference.
 The PowerPoint presentation and a digital
recording of the session will be made available
in our on-line library to those who have
attended, or pay to have access to, these
sessions. Note – The PowerPoint presentation
cannot be downloaded except as a handout.
Therefore, you do not have to worry about
attendees using your PowerPoint inappropriately.
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Outline formats are Easier to Follow
Use Bullets, not numbers
Bullets imply no significant order
 Use numbers only to show rank or
sequence
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No More than One Topic per page
Use the 6 X 6 rule:
6 lines of text
6 words per line
Illustrations
Allow plenty of room
around borders and
illustrations
Select Readable Type Size
This is 38 point
 Minimum
36 point for titles
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24 for body text
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This is 32
Use a Readable Typeface and Font
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Use Sans serif (no curly feet) such as Arial
or universal for body text
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Use serif such as Perpetua for titles only
Adjust Lettering to Discriminate or
emphasize
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Make titles a larger type size that body
elements
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Emphasize important statements of words
with bold, italic, underline, larger size,
or different font.
Choose color carefully
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Use the same color consistently
throughout the presentation
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Use light letters on a dark background
Colors
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Avoid placing saturated colors (red, green, or
blue) adjacent to each other
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They may create a third color where the two
colors meet
Use solid colors instead of fill
Patterns on Charts
Patterns on bars or
pie slices cause
confusion
 Solid colors convey a
clear bold message
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Your slides are not your presentation
Your slides are a focus of your
presentation
 Your presentation is not proof of your
thesis
 You present your proof with slides to focus
interest on what you think is important
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Use Silence Wisely
Recall: You have to give the audience
time to read the slide
 But: Silence is uncomfortable, so you
can’t keep quiet
 So: You end up reading your slide to the
audience
 Which is: Usually irritating to the
audience!
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Slides that should be included
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The first slide, following your title slide,
should be one that has your disclosure
information on it – whether you have a
vested interest that the participant needs
to be aware of.
Slides that should be added
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The last slides are a good place to add
your references as often participants want
to know where to go for further
information. Because of handouts no
longer being available in a syllabus, having
the references in the slides assists the
learner from not having to go into a Word
document to find them when these are
placed in our on-line library