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slide design

New evidence that bullet-points don’t work

October 7, 2009

At last, we have some scientifically rigorous evidence to show that slides full of bullet-points don’t work.
The research is the work of Chris Atherton, a cognitive psychologist. Chris recently delivered a presentation at the Technical Communication UK Conference and has put up her slides on slideshare. There’s been a tremendous amount of interest in them, [...]

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How to persuade other people to ditch the bullets

May 14, 2009

You’ve read Presentation Zen and Slideology and you’re convinced about the benefits of using visually-engaging PowerPoint slides when you present. But everyone else in your organization stubbornly sticks to the bullet-point slides. How can you persuade them to change their minds?
The absolute first thing to do, is to be a good role model. When you [...]

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Review of the 3 books of the Presentation Revolution

September 18, 2008

There are three books which have ushered in and defined the PowerPoint Revolution. If you can only buy one, which one should you buy? Here’s my analysis of the three books and my recommendation.
Cliff Atkinson was the pioneer with Beyond Bullet Points. The Beyond Bullets approach is an entire system for creating a presentation with [...]

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PowerPoint slide design – adding elegance

June 9, 2008

In my last post, I gave some basic advice on PowerPoint slide design. Now let’s add some elegance.
1. When you add text to a photo, make sure it is easy to read. You can add a mask (a rectangle of partly transparent colour) between the text and the photo. In the example below right the [...]

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PowerPoint slide design – the basics

June 8, 2008

I am not a designer. I was awakened to the possibility of improving the design of my PowerPoint slides by the Presentation Zen blog. Since then I have observed and analyzed examples of good design, even read some design books – and of course read the Presentation Zen book.
These design tips are not for bullet-point [...]

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The best PowerPoint slide format

May 13, 2008

On our training courses, participants get that bullet-point slides are not effective. But some people are resistant because they know how to do bullet-point slides and it’s easy. We use this series of slides to show the alternatives and how they stack up against each other.
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