Designing effective presentations

Designing effective presentations

Keep it simple

• Colours

• Font

• Number of words

• Images

Designing effective presentations

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

Fonts

Designing effective presentations

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Fonts

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This is Arial 12

This is Arial 18

This is Arial 24

This is Arial 32

This is Arial 36

This is Arial 44

Text size

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Images

• Relevant

• Not distracting

• Good quality

• Not under text

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• Animations are distracting

• ‘Appear’ is enough

Animations

Designing effective presentations

Remember

• Check your spelling

• Check your grammar

• Keep text simple and minimal

• Think about your images

• Keep style consistent