8 Tips To Create Epic Visual Presentations

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8 Tips To Create Epic Visual Presentations

1. Tell A Great Story
Craft A Compelling Story That Engages The Audience And Creates Curiosity

2. The 10/20/30 Rule Of Powerpoint
10 Slides - Pick The Most Important Points
20 Minutes - Present In Under 20 Minutes
Any Longer And You Will Lose The Engagement Of The Audience
30pt Fonts
Large Fonts Are Easier To Read
Small Font Sizes Are Hard To Read

3. Less Is More
Use Headlines, Not Paragraphs
The Slides Compliment Your Speech Not The Other Way Around
Perfection Is Achieved, Not When There Is Nothing More To Add, But When There Is Nothing Left To Take Away.
- Antoine De Saint-exupery

4. Photos Say A Thousand Words
Use High Quality Images
Flickr.com/search/advanced

5. Icons & Graphs Visualize Text
Use Icons & Graphs To Visualize
Points And Data Engaging The Audience

6. Typography Is Important
Stock Fonts = Boring!
Fontsquirrel.com


Sintony

Garamond

Yanone Kaffeesatz

Bebas

7. Colors Matter
Complimentary Color Palettes Make Good Design Look Great
This Is A Bad Choice
This Is Much Better

8. Structure Your Slides
Use Guides For Consistent Alignment
Master Slides For Consistent Formatting


1. Tell A Great Story

2. The 10/20/30 Rule 

3. Less Is More

4. Photos Say A Thousand Words
5. Icons & Graphs Visualize Text
6. Typography Is Important
7. Colors Matter
8. Structure Your Slides


Thanks
Mike Viney
Presentation Designer
http://deckworks.co
hi@deckworks.co

Transcript

1. 8 Tips To Create Epic Visual Presentations deckworks.co
2. 1. Tell a great story
3. Craft a compelling story that engages the audience and creates curiosity
4. 2. THE 10/20/30 RULE OF POWERPOINT
5. 10 SLIDES
6. PICK THE MOST IMPORTANT POINTS & focus on them   . . . too many slides = information overload  
7. 20 MINUTES
8. Present in under 20 MINUTES any longer and you will lose the engagement of the audience
9. 30PT FONTS
10. LARGE FONTS ARE EASIER TO READ small font sizes are hard to read
11. 3. LESS IS MORE
12. USE HEADLINEs, NOT PARAGRAPHS the slides compliment your speech not the other way around
13. Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
14. 4. Photos SAY A THOUSAND WORDS
15. USE HIGH QUALITY IMAGES flickr.com/search/advanced
16. 5. ICONS & Graphs visualize TEXT
17. Use Icons & Graphs to Visualize points and data engaging the audience b 6 f
18. 6. TYPOGRAPHY IS IMPORTANT
19. STOCK FONTS = BORING! fontsquirrel.com
20. THIS Sintony Garamond Yanone Kaffeesatz Bebas NOT THIS Arial Times New Roman Comic Sans Impact X   %  
21. 7. Colors matter
22. Complimentary Color palettes make good design look great
23. this is a bad choice
24. this is much better
25. 8. STRUCTURE YOUR SLIDES
26. USE GUIDEs for consistent alignment
27. MASTER SLIDEs for consistent formatting
28. 1. Tell a great story 3. LESS IS MORE 5. ICONS visualize TEXT 7. Colors matter Recap 2. THE 10/20/30 RULE 4. photos = 1,000 WORDS 6. TYPOGRAPHY IS IMPORTANT 8. STRUCTURE YOUR SLIDES  
29. THANKS MIKE VINEY Presentation Designer deckworks. co hi@deckworks.co Inspiration Apple Taasky Emiland Images Jerine Lay, Taryn, Zach Dischner, Vinoth Chandar, Daniel Garrido, William Warby, Anton Raath