How To Become... LORD OF THE SLIDES

LORD OF THE SLIDES

HOW TO BECOME

BY PAUL GORDON BROWN

Planning

Core Concept

Ideas & Images

Colors & Emotions

Storyboard

Simplicity

Signal to Noise

RATIO

Examples

“If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are forced to expand your consciousness”

“If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are forced to expand your consciousness”

“If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch

outside your comfort zone, then you are forced to expand

your consciousness.”

“If you put yourself in a position where you have to s t r e t c h outside your comfort zone,

then you are forced to expand your consciousness.”

“If you put yourself in a position where you have to s t r e t c h outside your comfort zone,

then you are forced to expand your consciousness.”

2007 2008 20092010

NRHH Chapter Membership

• The number of NRHH members has increased steadily over the past four years

• 2010 was our best year

2007 2008 2009 2010

3026

18

12

NRHH Membership Increases

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Looks like Pac-Man

Does not look like Pac-Man

Finding Images

Start with the image

1024x768 @ 76dpi

print @300dpi

Using Images

VECTOR RASTER

VECTOR RASTER

STRETCH your images

S T R E T C H your images

Don’t

your imagescontort

Don’t use imageswatermarks

with

space

Usewhite

Choosing Fonts

T understanding fonts

Serif

Sans Serif

Artistic

Serif

Serif fonts are great for when you’re presenting large blocks of text. They are easier to read and more forgiving to the eye.

Sans Serif

Sans Serif for Headlines

Artistic

are great to Artistic fonts

convey a feeling.

Using Text

D O N T B E A F R A I D T O B R E A K U P Y O U R T E X T

This is a Standard Headline

Headline

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is not a

text inside

your imagesadd

text inside your images

add

LORD OF THE SLIDES

HOW TO BECOME

BY PAUL GORDON BROWN