There’s a thing that conventionally appears at the top of PowerPoint slides called the Title. And by law, apparently, it must appear at the top of the slide. Typically, it’s a vague sentence fragment that doesn’t help you understand what the meaning of the Slide is. For example, a Title ...
I facepalm thinking about it now. Years ago, when I’d create consumer insights reports, I’d start by trying to crank out as many PowerPoint slides as I could. It felt like I was being productive, but as it turns out, I was completely wasting what little ...
What’s the first thing you should do when you sit down to create a deck? What should come second? What should you do last? When it comes to running a company like Slidedesignr, where we’re helping some of the brightest researchers develop some of the best slides their clients ...
When you approach your audience as human beings first, you show sympathy for, reassure, and disarm your audience. Literally! Arms uncross as your audience sits back and breathes a sigh of relief that this isn’t about to be another one of those presentations. This is going to be good. But ...
This is a question I get from researchers all the time. The answer is never what they expect. We want our decks to be engaging, energizing, and impactful. And it’s not about just keeping your audience awake and entertained during a presentation, which is what most “how to present without ...
The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within By Edward R. Tufte 32 pp. Graphics Press LLC. $7 Buy it on Amazon "What is the problem with PowerPoint? How can we improve our presentations?" What began as a tool for helping high-level presenters organize their thoughts into concise lists ...
It's time for a big presentation! You sit down to create your slides, and...open PowerPoint to a totally blank slate. Where should you start? You know what you've got to say, and what data and other content you'll need to show, but how will you arrange it on a page, ...
