This chapter was full of handy tips for improving PowerPoint presentations and the rationale or research behind many of them. I listed them below so that it would be easier for me to revise my PowerPoint. Boy do I have my work cut out for me.
- Templates
- background shouldn't compete with content
- keep away from irrelevant elements
- decorations need to be on the left because we are used to reading left to right
- Color
- increases willingness to read, boosts motivation and participation, improves retention, and sells
- yellow is the first color seen by the eye
- warm colors such as red and yellow are seen before blue and green
- careful with color combinations, what feelings do they arouse?
- Type
- no more than 40 words per slide
- must be read in 3 seconds
- don't use all CAPS; difficult to read
- titles start on left side instead of centering; brain used to left to right
- vary leading space between lines
- decide on a font size by thinking about the person in the back of the room
- font should match the content (occasion)
- not more than 2 typefaces on one slide
Burmark, L. (2011). They snooze you lose. (pp. vi-262). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
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