Building Your Presentation

Building Your Presentation

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Zen by Garr Reynolds

“The slides themselves were never meant to be the "star of the show" (the star, of course, is your audience). People came to hear you…”

~Garr Reynolds

Keep it simple

Limit bullet points and text

Limit transitions and animations

Use quality graphics

Have a visual theme

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Choose your fonts wellChoose your fonts well

Use video or audiohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpvgfmEU2Ck&feature=related

Spend time in the slide sorter

“There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

~The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

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