july design-storm : slidedocs
DESCRIPTION
Summary deck from our monthly JSI design-storm (design + brainstorm), highlighting the amazing templates and design features from Nancy Duarte's Slidedocs. The highlights features here only hit on a small section of her overall approach - check out the complete package at http://www.duarte.com/slidedocsTRANSCRIPT
Design-storm | July
Slidedocs
Amanda Makulec
John Snow Inc.
sharing information
“Internet and mobile communications have reconditioned people to prefer consuming information in small chunks. Today, content not boiled down to its essence is a time-waster. Long, detailed, multipage documents of prose take too long to read between emails and meetings. As a result, shorter, tighter, visual communication is the go-to method for getting everybody on the same page quickly. People learn concepts better when they see pictures combined with prose. Therefore, visual media like presentations are used more readily.” —Nancy Duarte
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SlideDocs
A slidedoc is a reporting format formalized by Nancy Duarte. On the website you can download templates and primers on building great slidedocs, making them simple to create. Plus, the Diagrammer tool is a delight for anyone who’s tried to hack together a graphic in SmartArt in the past!
Slidedoc (n.) a visual document, developed in
presentation software, that is intended to be read and
referenced instead of projected
SlideDoc graphics & summary notes are from Nancy Duarte’s SlideDocs available at duarte.com/slidedocs All images and graphics are © Duarte, Inc.
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SlideDoc templates
Duarte, Inc. created two templates for you to download. You can use them as-is or as inspiration for your own slidedoc template. Visit www.slidedocs.com to receive free slidedoc templates.
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SlideDoc grid layout
”Because slidedocs have dense content, grids serve a more important function for them than they do with slides. Grids provide structure from which to organize your images and text and keeps your layouts tidy. Grids help you determine the placement of images by giving them a spine to which they can align. Aligning images to a grid makes it feel like they have a sense of place, as if they have a space they “belong” in. Laying out the type within a grid determines the width of your text. In slidedocs, long text blocks should be arranged in columns. The grid determines how wide you make the columns.”
More on grids at: http://www.duarte.com/presentation-grid-layout/
making Slidedocs distinct
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storytelling
Telling a story to communicate a message about data is the smartest way to make an impact and be memorable. When you’re building visualizations, find the story in your data first, and then build the pictures. That way, the visualizations reinforce your message while also giving you the content to drive your message. TED talks are great examples of storytelling, complete with an ah-ha moment for the audience to walk away with: watch a few, and see how strategically they use images to emphasize key points and ideas.
ideas & suggestions
TIP: Use the powerpoint “comment” feature during the editing process if you’re working on a SlideDoc with a team.
TIP: Once it’s final, save and share your SlideDoc as a PDF, to keep others from editing your content.
You can use SlideDocs for a myriad of different deliverables. Consider a slide doc format for:
• Meeting summaries
• Leave-behind decks for presentations
• Replacing long-form reports
• Training manuals
• Resource guides
one Ideate two Create three Refine
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