Slides are easy

Some tips on how to make you presentation look better (and why you should). An internal presentation I gave in VisualDNA, during the "Let's Talk" series of lectures about how to give good presentations and do public speaking.

Transcript

1. Slides are easy The “let’s talk” serie Cristiano Rastelli
2. index Why Structure Tools How to Conclusions
3. 30 minutes
4. Why the slides are so important? Why
5. Why spending time in making better slides? EMOTION ENGAGEMENT COMMUNICATION + +
6. LESS BORING
7. Which sequence give to the presentation? STRUCTURE
8. 1. COVER 2. INDEX 3. ABOUT ME 4. CHAPTERS ๏ Single slides 5. CONCLUSIONS 6. END/THANKS 7. REFERENCES one single slide optional loop
9. But the most important thing is...
10. Which one to use? TOOLS
11. Whatever you feel comfortable with!
12. Whatever you feel comfortable with! Yes, also this!
13. Online tools But you will need a connection!
14. Evil. Don’t use it. Ever.
15. But you can also be more eclectic… http://vimeo.com/59566927
16. …OR SIMPLY MORE CREATIVE http://slidesha.re/yiMBRS
17. What makes you come up with? +
18. How can you make beautiful slides HOW TO
19. Simplicity 1 A clear message 1 slide = 1 concept Use empty space
20. This is NOT wasted space!
21. This is NOT wasted space!
22. Use can use this “empty” space at your benefit: just add a title or a short text, and you’re done!
23. BRIDGING THE GAP Because beautiful slides are easy
24. Fonts 2 Choose 2 or 3 max Combine them Use contrast
25. HEAVY light sans serif slab regular italic UPPERCASE lowercase
27. this is important USE THIS FOR TITLES
29. This is a good starting point
30. Colors 3 Choose a color palette (and stick to that!) Beware of low contrast
33. + Gradients
34. Photos 3 Online resources Photos you have taken Create your own repository FREE, PAID, CC
35. Search Engines for images Don’t stop at the first results, don’t be obvious
36. FLICKR Check the copyright restrictions for every image
37. FLICKR COMMONS These are public domain images you can use
38. Photo Collections Only for internal (non public) usage
39. Stock/Right-Managed archives You will have to pay for them to legally use
40. Newspaper Galleries Only for internal (non public) usage
41. Vintage/Retro images Most of them are free to use
42. ADs or Propaganda Most of them are free to use
43. Public Libraries/Collections Check the usage rights before using them
44. Your images Photos you have taken by yourself
45. Your collection Save in a folder all the images you see and like
46. USE BEAUTIFUL IMAGES DON’T BE OBVIOUS HIGH-RESOLUTION
47. But the most important thing is...
48. Details 4 Icons Shadows Transitions
49. Inspiration ? Slideshare Speaker Deck Note & Point
51. Some simple takeaways... CONCLUSIONS
52. Start with paper & pen, always You have to tell a story, don’t forget! Create the most beautiful slides you can Find your personal style
53. grazie Cristiano Rastelli
54. References Apple Keynote www.apple.com/uk/iwork Slid.es www.slid.es Google Presentations docs.google.com TOOLS Slideshare www.slideshare.net/featured Speaker Deck www.speakerdeck.com Note & Point www.noteandpoint.com Inspiration Font Squirrel www.fontsquirrel.com Google Fonts www.google.com/fonts Beautiful Web Type hellohappy.org/beautiful-web-type FONTS Adobe Kuler kuler.adobe.com Tiny Eye Labs labs.tineye.com/multicolr COLORS 500px 500px.com Flickr - The Commons www.flickr.com/commons Boston.com - Big Picture www.boston.com/bigpicture IMAGES Vintage Ad Browser www.vintageadbrowser.com Shorpy Historical Archive www.shorpy.com Retronaut www.retronaut.com