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Death by Powerpoint

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Millions of people around the world

are suffering death by powerpoint.

Every day

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Prompt Data Dump Handout

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Presentationzen[there is another way]

Right aligned

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rightvisual

emotional

leftverballogical

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People read faster

than you talkYou’re

redundant

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Would the last person to arrive

please leave the lights on

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Don’t Hide

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Emotions[engage them]

Empty space is not

nothing; it is a powerful something

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The 1-7-7 rule: What is it?

• Have only one main idea per slide.• Insert only seven lines of text maximum.• Use only seven words per line maximum.• The question is though: does this work?• Is this method really good advice?• Is this method really an appropriate,

effective “visual”?• This slide has just seven bullet points!

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Bullets killkill Bullets

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“The picture superiority effect says that pictures are remembered better than words, especially when people are casually exposed for a very limited time”

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a thousand words“ ”

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Slides Notes Handouts[for everyone] [for you] [for them]

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Empty Space Contrast

Repetition Alignment

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Increase RetentionIncrease retention by 30%!

Show slides for 14-21 secondsbefore talking about them.

(University of Colorado in Bolder, 1984)

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“Let the image sink in first;then you can hang yourmessage on that visualhook.” (Burmark)

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Average attention span:18 minutes

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PaceMaximum 40-90 seconds per slide

Better 2-3 per minute

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30 MinutesMin. 20 slides

Optimum 60 – 90.

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