Books

Presentation Zen

First book that I find super useful and intereseting is Presentation Zen written by Garr Reynolds. Visit Presentation Zen for more information

Presentation Zen Design

From Garr Reynolds Presentation Zen Design is another very recommended one

Slide:ology

Another one is the Slide:ology by Nancy Duarte. Read more on duarte.com

Multimedia Learning

This next position is a bit different to the previous ones. Created by Richard E. Mayer Multimedia Learning takes more scientific approach for presentation or rather multimedia courses design and creation.

Visual Cues and Signaling Principle

While designing your presentation you shall help your audience to focus on the most important part of the slide. Lets examine this simple example: a slide with four red apples. The focus shall be directed to the second apple from the left. This apple is special and I want the audience to know that I am talking about this indeed special apple. Four apples Border or Frame The first option to point to this special apple would be to draw a border or frame around this one. Special apple marked with green frame Arrow The second option could be to use an arrow that would be pointing to our special apple. Special apple pointed by green arrow Color Contrast We may also use the power of color contrast to make our special apple standing out from the rest of fruits. It is the green apple! One way is to make the special object more visible but you may also make the other objects less visible. The same effect could be acheived this way. It is the red apple! Size The ...

Morph transition

You shall the slide for which you would like to apply Morph transtion then select Transtion tab and select Morph The simple animation below is created in PowerPoint using Morph transition. It consits of five slides and the same rectangle is placed in different positions through slides. The Morph transition is added and that is it. The next one is a bit ehnaced version. The rectangle is moving and changing color at the same time. Again it it done in PowerPoint using couple slides and Morph transition. There is more that Morph can do. Shapes could morph into other shapes. But for that you need to help PowerPoint and tell that on two slides it is actually the same object. The shape name may be changed in the Selection Pane Add two exlamation marks in the front of the shape name on each slide. This is the effect

Don't be afraid of the space

One main message per slide. Reduce number of elements on your slides. Whitespace, called sometimes negative space is very important part of your slide. You don't need to fill every spot on your slide. Let the slide breathe. Help the audience to identify what is important. Don't be afraid of that space on your slide. Do not be worry that your slide will look like empty one. Avoid temptation to add more and more elements to your slide.

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