If you don’t know or have other graphics software, you can use PowerPoint — and many people do. It’s not high end, but if your needs are simple, the fact that you know and have it is a great plus. PowerPoint 2007 improved the graphics engine and you can add many more effects, such as soft edges, beveled edges, and soft shadows… [...]
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Olivia Mitchell, who writes the Speaking about Presenting blog, has organized a group blogging event on what we’d like to see in PowerPoint design in 2009. (And “design” rhymes with “2009!”) Her inspiration was a blog post by Laura Bergells, called “PowerPoint, Propaganda, and You,” in which Laura talked about what she’d like to [...] On the popular TV show, NCIS, scenes end with a still shot that starts in color and then becomes black & white. In a discussion on the LinkedIn group, Great Communicators! Effective Presenting & PowerPoint, this technique was suggested as a fun section transition for a presentation. Here’s how the technique looks:
[...] Mark James Normand has started a new blog, Presentation Design, which includes a very nice technique using a gradient background, 3D placement of objects, and reflections. Here’s the sample slide that he creates: Normand's sample slide The slide incorporates 3 elements: The gradient black/white background The 3D credit cards, which are AutoShapes, [...] Do you design PowerPoint presentations? Do you have difficulty getting your company — or your clients — to realize the importance of good design? Perhaps you can provide some information about the relationship between design and profits. Here’s a point to make: Peer Insight, a research firm, did a 3-year study of the [...] Are you having a hard time deciding on colors or an arrangement for your slides? An easy solution that always looks good is to shoot for simplicity and understatement. Review one of your recent presentations and do the following: Remove non-essential elements including distracting images and colors Remove 3D graphics (convert to 2D), [...] We often forget to consider the technological enviironment of our presentations. For example, if we deliver a presentation live and then put it on the Web for people to view later, will it make any sense without our spoken words? Probably not. Then you need to record your lecture and add it to [...] Most presentations are linear and give viewers no choice about what they see. Web sites have accustomed people to choosing what they see from a vast amount of hierarchically arranged information. You can create a presentation that functions like a Web site. This style is ideal for presentations to small groups of clients — [...] |
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