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Rules and tools for effective slides in your presentations
This Is Your Brain on Visuals
Hi!
Get up!
Thank you.
Thank you. (and a caveat)
Jon Swerens
Jon Swerens
Martins Ferry
“Ah-hi-ya”
Perfecting your presentation
Rules and tools for effective slides in your presentations
This Is Your Brain on Visuals
Favorite pizza toppings: •Bacon •Green peppers •Onions •Canadian ham •Pineapple
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(Thanks to Garr Reynolds for the recommendation.)
Informative!
(Thanks to Garr Reynolds for the recommendation.)
Vision trumps all other senses
vision
vision
sound touch
taste/smell speech
planning movement
social memory
emotions etc.
We don’t pay attention to boring things
Your brain
Your brain is a theater
Your brain is a theater
Enormous audience
Your brain is a theater
Enormous audience
Tiny stage
“We are biologically incapable of processing attention-rich inputs simultaneously.”
Dr. John Medina The myth of multitasking
“We are biologically incapable of processing attention-rich inputs simultaneously.”
Dr. John Medina
Not enough
TOO MUCH!
Favorite pizza toppings: •Bacon •Green peppers •Onions •Canadian ham •Pineapple
Bacon
Bacon
Green peppers
Pineapple
Vision trumps all other senses
The talk leads the slides.
Nuts and bolts
Slides
Use a lot; they’re free
Avoid the Microsoft templates!
You are watching “Inception” Warnerbros.com
Text
One font with bold
One simple font with bold
Serifs: Garamond Georgia Palatino
Times
Sans serifs: Arial
Franklin Gothic Myriad
Open Sans
One simple font plus bold
Not too small
With good contrast
Photos
Paid images
Free images
Your camera
Charts
Introducing: The world’s worst PowerPoint slide
vision
sound touch
taste/smell speech
planning movement
social memory
emotions etc.
1/3
1/3
vision sound touch
taste/smell speech
planning movement
social memory
emotions etc.
68 miles
68 miles
68 miles
Vision trumps all other senses
We don’t pay attention to boring things
Credits and notes: jonswerens.com
Vision trumps all other senses
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