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Better Business Graphics: Avoiding Death by Powerpoint
Joe Levy
IEEE/ACM Information Technology Professional Conferenceat TCF
March 16, 2018
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● Do you ?– Prepare and deliver your own presentations
– Collaborate with others on design and content
– Deliver summary reporting data to management
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“Zeroth Law”
● Identify your message● Stay on message !
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An Experiment
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Lesson One
● Don’t use the default settings
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An Experiment
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Lesson One
● Don’t use the default settings
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An Experiment
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Lesson One
● Don’t use the default settings
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Lesson One
● Don’t use the default settings
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● Default sizes draw the eye away from content– Mostly, you don’t need slide titles, anyway
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● Default sizes draw the eye away from content– Mostly, you don’t need slide titles, anyway
● Use light text on dark backgrounds– Works better under most lighting conditions
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No Multitasking !
● Your audience will listen, or read – not both– Saying something important? Keep the
screen content-light
– Need a content-rich screen? Take a drink of water
● Handouts might work against you
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● Pictures aren’t as distracting as text– Add visual interest
– May emphasize a point
● Motion calls attention to itself– That can be good, or bad
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Graphs and Charts
● The presentation environment works against you
● Stay simple !● Stay on message !
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The defaults work against you
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Wide lines, big fonts
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Make your point !
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Mix up your formatting
Don’t always use a standard bullet list hierarchy
Be artistic !
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● The Triple Constraint– Scope
– Schedule
– Resources
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The Triple Constraint
Resources
Scope Schedule
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The Triple Constraint
Resources
Sco
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chedule
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Managing A Long Story
● Break it into sections– Q & A between sections
– Engage your audience
● Throw in a non sequitur or two
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THINK
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THINK
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Agenda
● Introduction● Part I● Part II● Conclusion
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Agenda
● Introduction● Part I● Part II● Conclusion
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Agenda
● Introduction● Part I● Part II● Conclusion
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Agenda
● Introduction● Part I● Part II● Conclusion
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Handouts ?
● Provide a note-taking space● Allow you to include supplemental material● Will be terribly distracting during your
presentation !
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● Don’t ignore intellectual property markings– Copyright notice
– Licensing, if desired
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Executive Reports & Dashboards
● Spreadsheets are good for packaging● Protect your raw data, formatting, & formulas● Provide macros & controls for fancy stuff
– Expand / contract subtotals
– Inter-page navigation
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Thank you for coming!
● Questions / comments ?● [email protected]
{ Additional exhibits follow this slide }
If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.
– Blaise Pascal
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My Mistakes
{ Retrospective comments in red }
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Career Management Concept
● What is Career Management?
– An active, continuous process
– NOT a job-hunting activity (only)
{ I did not need this title }
{ Not everybody grew up with the same cartoons as I did. }
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Some Really Bad Slides( Not Mine ! )
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