visual feast: the powerful powerpoint presentation
DESCRIPTION
This is a probably nothing new for most people, but a "feast" is a great analogy on how to organize your content for Powerpoint Presentations. This is from a talk a gave for teachers in a high school in Batangas, Philippines on how to engage students of different learning styles using technology, online tools.TRANSCRIPT
How do you serve a meal?
Lauriat or fast food style?
Individual dishes?
A slide presentation that works is like a good meal.
This is your lauriat slide.
Ingredients ...
Ingredients ...
Text heavy
Ingredients ...Title in prominent position
Text heavy
Ingredients ...Title in prominent position
Bullet points!
Text heavy
Ingredients ...Title in prominent position
Bullet points!
Text heavy
Little or noimages
These ‘lauriat’ slide presentations transfer the speaker’s burden onto the listeners,resulting in ...
Focus on each dish, then serve it with the listeners in mind.
Let’s have it buffet style. Think:
VISUAL FEAST
Create an experience.
Experience= engagement of the senses
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
–Maya Angelou
Appetizing / Attractive
Appetizing / Attractive
Simple / Digestible
Appetizing / Attractive
Simple / Digestible
Coherent / Thematic
Appetizing / Attractive
Simple / Digestible
Coherent / Thematic
Dynamic / Theatrical
Appetizing / Attractive
Simple / Digestible
Coherent / Thematic
Has variety
Dynamic / Theatrical
Appetizing / Attractive
Simple / Digestible
Coherent / Thematic
Has variety
Dynamic / Theatrical
Appropriate
Appetizing / Attractive
Simple / Digestible
Coherent / Thematic
Has variety
Dynamic / Theatrical
Appropriate
1appetizing //
attractive
“visual generation”
data retention:
10%
data retention:
10%
data retention:
35%
10%
data retention:
35%65%
Images! Images! Images!
Cater to all types of learners.
Cater to all types of learners.
Color scheme
Color scheme
Fonts
Fonts
Make information yummy.
Make information yummy.
Make information yummy.
MATH: Fractions
MATH: Fractions
1/2
HISTORY: Battle of Mactan
2 digestible // simple
Forget thebullet points.
Stick to a phrase,or a single word.
REMEMBER!
3 coherent //
contextual
Ordered aesthetic
Peg it on a theme or context.
Peg it on a theme or context.
4 showmanship //
dynamism
Tell a relevant story.
Treat it as a performance.
Demo. Grab some props.
5 have some variety
One word: MULTIMEDIA
6 make it fresh
Don’t recycle templates!
