how to make awesome slides

How to Make

AWESOMESLIDES

Hey!

Wanna learn how to make

Yeah, ya do!

AWESOME SLIDES?

well, I’m gonna give you

10 TIPSto show you how

1A SLIDE IS NOTA DOCUMENT

• I am very knowledgeable and I have a lot of things to say.• Because I am so clever I put lots of information on my slides. • Putting lots of information on my slides also shows people that

I am talking about serious things.• I don’t have a lot of time for graphics because they distract

people from the important and clever things I’m saying. • I think it’s important to put as much information as possible on

the slides to make sure that people understand everything.• Another good thing about having lots of information on your

slides is that you can just read out loud so you don’t have to worry about remembering what you want to say.

• Blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah, blah.

INTRODUCTION

• I am very knowledgeable and I have a lot of things to say.• Because I am so clever I put lots of information on my slides. • Putting lots of information on my slides also shows people that

I am talking about serious things.• I don’t have a lot of time for graphics because they distract

people from the important and clever things I’m saying. • I think it’s important to put as much information as possible on

the slides to make sure that people understand everything.• Another good thing about having lots of information on your

slides is that you can just read out loud so you don’t have to worry about remembering what you want to say.

• Blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah, blah.

INTRODUCTION

this is not a slide

• I am very knowledgeable and I have a lot of things to say.• Because I am so clever I put lots of information on my slides. • Putting lots of information on my slides also shows people that

I am talking about serious things.• I don’t have a lot of time for graphics because they distract

people from the important and clever things I’m saying. • I think it’s important to put as much information as possible on

the slides to make sure that people understand everything.• Another good thing about having lots of information on your

slides is that you can just read out loud so you don’t have to worry about remembering what you want to say.

• Blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah, blah.

INTRODUCTION

it’s a document

is aTHISSLIDE

SEE THE DIFFERENCE?

NotSlide

Your audience should be

WATCHING

notREADING

slides should be

VISUAL

like

BILLBOARDS

people should get the message in

3 SECONDS

Stick to

per slideONE IDEA

MORE SLIDESLESS TEXT

2AVOID STOCKTEMPLATES

they’re

BORING

andUGLY

they look like you made

NO EFFORT

MAKE YOUR OWN

so

How??

3CHOOSE THE RIGHTCOLOR SCHEME

choose colors that MATCH YOUR THEME

ADVANCES IN ROBOTICS

Nope!

ADVANCES IN ROBOTICS

Better!

Choose about 4-5 COLORS

Warm and comforting

Sober and corporate

redecorating the kitchen

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4CHOOSE THE RIGHTTYPE OF FONT

like colors, your type should

MATCH YOUR THEME

the

wild west

SPORTS

Something aboutHome-made Cupcakes

l

select about

3 FONTSand stick with them

HEADINGSBody Text

Highlights

AVOID STOCK FONTS

Times New RomanDON’T USE THESE

ArialCalibri

Papyrus

Mistral

BEBAS NEU

TRY THESE

Chunk Five

Open SansArchisto

Streetwear

helveticaalwayslooks good

play with type to create DIFFERENT EFFECTS

PLAY WITH TYPE

D I F F E R E N T E F F E C T Sto create

PLAY WITH TYPE

Different EffectsTO CREATE

WHATEVER YOU DO…

never use Comic Sans

unless you’re a 9 year-old girl giving a presentation about

unicorns

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5A PICTURE

THOUSAND WORDSIS WORTH A

people remember

IMAGESmore than words

of sensory receptors are in your eyes70PERCENT

f

e 50PERCENTof your brain is involved in visual processing

e

b bAFTER 72 HOURS

10%

e e35% 65%

m m

choose

to convey your messageSTRONG IMAGES

stock images look

PHONY

so use

NATIVEones

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6

BE ICONIC

icons help you represent

COMPLEX IDEAS

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n

PENGUINS

!

build yourself anICON LIBRARAY

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THE NOUN PROJECT

7SPACE IS YOUR

FRIEND

is any area where there is WHITE SPACENO TEXT OR GRAPHICS

it helps your audience

FOCUSon your message

it doesn’t actually have to be white.

See??

8STATS CAN BEBEAUTIFUL

make information

VISUAL

WHY DO THIS…

WHEN YOU CAN DO THIS?

SHOW YOURSTRUCTURE

9

SIGN POSTSuse

help the audience navigate your slidesREPEATED PATTERNS

CARTOONS

10ANIMATION IS FOR

MAGIC SHOWit’s not a

animations

DISTRACTyour audience

so keep them to a

MINIMUM

no more than about.5 SECONDSm

per animation

SUMMARY

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