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PowerPoint has killed people - yes - that's no lie. Join me for a quick talk on how to avoid PowerPoint casualties. We will discuss some examples and tips that will help you save lives - yes - for real!
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Saved by PowerPoint
Ahsan Saleem – March 2014
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PowerPoint casualties
How to protect humans from PowerPoint?
and .. I will use PowerPoint for today’s talk
We have been there ..
More Serious Stuff - US Strategy in Afghanistan
wtf!
NASA Shuttle Columbia Disaster 2003
Columbia Shuttle – Death by PowerPoint
Edward Tuft (Information Visualization Specialist) analyzed NASATeam’s presentation on a launch incident with Columbia Shuttle and concluded that a bad PowerPoint presentation was one of the major reasons why NASA could not assess proper risk
Growing dislike for PowerPoint
“The use of presentations has been a disaster. It should be ditched”
Research by University of New South Wales
Bill Gates and his Slides: Too much content and a sleeping audience!
PowerPoint is the Devil!
Who will save PowerPoint and Presentations – and Us?
Less and meaningful content on slides
Jobs to Audience: Ever wondered why we had this small pocket in pocket ?
To keep iPod Nano!
How to make audience realize how super thin and light MacBook Air is?
Who is a visual artist here?
Al Gore – An Inconvenient TruthUsing a crane to show the really high CO2 Spike
Randy Pausch – The Last lecture‘You will get arrows in the back pursuing big dreams in life’, and ‘I have Cancer but I am still strong’
Jane McGonigal
Jill Bolte
Maysoon Zayid
Some Amazing TED Speakers made it personal and people remembered
PowerPoint – Angel or Devil?
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What’s wrong these slides?
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• This page contains too many words for a presentation slide. It is not written in bullets, making it difficult both for your audience to read and for you to present properly. Although more words will not convey anything extra but now it looks much more complicated. In short, your audience will spend too much time trying to read this paragraph instead of listening to you.
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• Using a font color that does not contrast with the background color is hard to read
• Using color for decoration is distracting and annoying.
• Using a different color for each point is unnecessary– Using a different color for secondary points is also
unnecessary• Trying to be creative can also be bad
Slide• Avoid backgrounds that are distracting or
difficult to read from• Always be consistent with the background that
you use
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Can you read me
THIS IS NOTHING IMPORTANT BUT I LIKE TO USE CAPS KEY AND HUGE LETTERS
Font Size
OMG! This presenter can use animations
I can not focus what the presenter is saying as these animations are totally distracting
OK now! Stop bouncing and let me read
Finally!
Animations – Important?
Karma For Presentations Focus on telling a story and not teaching
PowerPoint is a visual aid NOT a document
Look at audience not your slides and hold their attention
Learn PowerPoint and do not use default templates for new slides. A plain empty slide is the best canvas
This is the Canvas you want to start creating your presentation
What Really helps Overcome fear of public speaking
Love your topic
Know your topic
Have fun
‘Never be boring’
Thank You!