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Designing Effective
“PowerPoint Presentations”
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Make It Big
Make it Big (Text)
• This is Arial 12
• This is Arial 18
• This is Arial 24
• This is Arial 32
• This is Arial 36
• This is Arial 44
Make it Big (Text)
• This is Arial 12
• This is Arial 18 Too Small
• This is Arial 24
• This is Arial 32
• This is Arial 36
• This is Arial 44
Make It Big (How to Estimate)
• Look at it from 2 metres away
2m
Keep It Simple
Keep It Simple (Text)
• Too many colours
• Too Many Fonts and Styles
• The 6 x 7 rule
– No more than 6 lines per slide
– No more than 7 words per line
Keep It Simple (Text)
Instructional Technology:
•
Much Simpler
•for solutions
Too detailed !
May 8,036,897 10,345,394 14,856,456
June 16,184,345 678,095 4,123,656
July 8,890,345 15,347,934 18,885,786
August 8,674,234 18,107,110 17,230,095
September 4,032,045 18,923,239 9,950,498
October 2,608,096 9,945,890 5,596,096
November 5,864,034 478,023 6,678,125
December 12,234,123 9,532,111 3,045,654
Falling Leaves in Millions
In 106 Delhi Mumbai Goa
January 11 14 3
February 1 12 16
March 17 6 16
April 16 10 7
May 8 10 14
June Much Simpler
16 0 4
July 8 15 18
August 8 18 17
September 4 18 9
October 2 9 5
November 5 0 6
December 12 9 3
Falling Leaves
Too detailed !
Falling Leaves
Much Simpler
Keep It Simple (Picture)
• Art work may distract your audience
• Artistry does not substitute for content
Keep It Simple (Sound)
2m
Too distracting !
Keep It Simple (Animation)
2m
• •
Sanserif Z •
Serif Z
clear busy
Make It Clear (Fonts)
• Serif fonts are difficult to read on screen
• Sanserif fonts are clearer
• Italics are difficult to read on screen
• Normal or bold fonts are clearer
• Underlines may signify hyperlinks
• Instead, use colours to emphasise
Make It Clear (Numbers)
•Use numbers for lists with sequence
•For example:
• Priority
• Sequence
• Hierarchy, …..
Make It Clear (Colours)
• Use contrasting colours
• Light on dark vs dark on light
• Use complementary colours
Make It Clear (Contrast)
• Use contrasting colours
• Light on dark vs dark on light
high contrast
• Use complementary colours
low contrast
Make It Clear (Contrast)
• Use contrasting colours
• Light on dark vs dark on light
• Use complementary colours
•Upper left
•Upper right Z
•Lower left
•Lower right
Eye Flow
25% 15%
The eye flows from top left to bottom right and spends 60% of
time on the top half of leaflet
Be Progressive
Types of Instructional Tools
Discovery
Learning
Individual Social
Constructive Constructive
Mode of Instruction
Tools Tools
Guided
Inquiry Too many in one
Informational Tools go!
Individual Social
Instructive Communicative
Tools Tools
Direct
Instruction
Complexity of Interactions
Types of Instructional Tools
Discovery
Learning
Individual Social
Constructive Constructive
Mode of Instruction
Tools Tools
Guided Informational Tools
Inquiry
Progressive &
Individual Social
thus focused
Instructive Communicative
Tools Tools
Direct
Instruction
Complexity of Interactions
Understanding Technology
Mouse I/O Error
Confusing differences!
Be Consistent
• Differences draw attention
• Differences may imply importance
• Use surprises to attract not distract
These distract!
In Summary
• Big
• Simple
• Clear
• Progressive
• Consistent
Some Final Words
The 10 Most Common Presentation Mistakes
Your tools
Presentation Software Programs
You may need…!
windows movie maker ProShow Gold/Producer
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed http://www.medscape.com/
http://www.mayoclinic.org/publications-md/ http://www.ccspublishing.com/index.htm
http://www.pogofrog.com/ http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/
http://www.medicalndx.com/ http://www.medtango.com/
http://www.thecochranelibrary.com http://www.mwsearch.com/
http://www.omnimedicalsearch.com/ http://www.searchmedica.co.uk/
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ http://www.textmed.com/
http://www.searchingmedicine.com/ http://www.imedisearch.com/
Organisations, Societies, Colleges and Association
Reference
http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/ppoint.html
http://desktoppub.about.com/od/microsoft/bb/powerpointrules.htm
http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/presentationmistakes/tp/080722_presentation_
mistakes.htm
http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/powerpoint101/u/userpath-thebasics.htm#s3
http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/powerpointinbusiness/tp/bus_pres_tips.ht
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http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/powerpoint.html
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-22_11-6117178.html
http://www.cmos.ca/effectivepresentations_DJones_files/v3_document.htm
http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2005/09/whats_good_powe.htm
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http://www.x-raytechnicianschools.org/go-beyond-google-50-excellent-health-search-engines/
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