1. Outline/Story Board2. Keep It Simple, Sweetie!3. Color & Font4. Balanced Design5. Rules

•Make an outline of your slide show first

•Each slide should have one clear and simple purpose

•Decide on text first and then illustrate your point with an appropriate visual

TITLE:

Egyptian Pharaohs

MAIN IDEA 1:

Duties of the Pharaoh

MAIN IDEA 2:

How is the Pharaoh also

a god?

•Type only the main points

•Bullet or number main points

•Give details when you’re speaking to the group (“talking points”)

•Six bullets per slide maximum

•Six to eight words per bullet

•Don’t make audiences read lots and lots of material. They’ll get bored and stop listening, and besides, your brain can only do one thing at once and you want your audience to listen, not read. You probably gave up on reading this paragraph a long time ago.

Visuals should

illustrate the main idea of each slide

• Red = power, excitement• Blue = calm, slows pulse• Green = nature• Yellow = happy• Purple = childlike

MEDIUM FONT COLOR ON MEDIUM

BACKGROUND

Hard to read!

DARK FONT COLOR ON LIGHT

BACKGROUND

Easy to read!

LIGHT FONT COLOR ON DARK

BACKGROUND

Easy to read!

72 Point – They can’t miss it!

36 Point Can be used for details

24 Point Very wee & hard to see

• Never center bullet points like this• Makes for ragged look

• Makes text harder to follow

SLIDE TITLES CAN BE CENTERED

• Always keep bullet points aligned on the right

• Keep things neat and easy to follow

Centered visuals leave little room for textCentered visuals leave little room for text

• Place visuals to the right

• More room for text

• The eye naturally goes from left to right

• Place visuals to the right

• More room for text

• The eye naturally goes from left to right

•Use different background colors or patterns for different topics

•Make sure the background pattern doesn’t make text hard to read

•Use different background colors or patterns for different topics

•Make sure the background pattern doesn’t make text hard to read

Beware of too much of a good thing!Beware of too much of a good thing!

• Major ideas use similar transitions

• Don’t rush! Give the audience a chance to absorb new info

• Avoid ALL CAPITALS

• Follow standard capitalization rules

• Capitalize the first word of each bullet

• Spell check • Grammar check• Proofread• Read out loud

•Cite all sources using your Bibliography Guide

•Cite sources of images, too!

1. Outline/Story Board

2. Keep It Simple –Bullets & Visuals

3. Color & Font

4. Balanced DesignText, Visuals, Graphics & Animations

5. RulesCapitalization, Proofreading & Citations