1. How to make half decent
graphics for Powerpoint.
By Colin Burrows

2. TODAYS TOPICS
• General Strategy
• Organizing Text
• Photos
• Composition
• Colour
• Transitions
• Final Thoughts

3. Rule Number One.
DON’T BE
BORING.

4. YOUR AUDIENCE IS

5. They are designed to appeal
to the broadest possible audience.
They don’t have character.
They don’t have YOUR character.

6. Make it about you.
Your audience wants to see you
deliver the content.

7. Make it about you.
If all that mattered was the content
you could have sent an email.

8. You have to make a decision:
Is this a presentation
or
Is this a handout

9. You shouldn’t be printing things anyway.

10. NOBODY WANTS TO WATCH YOU READ
Unless you’re this guy.

11. NOBODY WANTS TO WATCH YOU READ
…or unless you wrote
the Harry Potter books.
…or unless you just look really
good while reading.

12. These are
your notes.

13. Keep It Simple, Stupid.

14. * People have trouble
remembering more than 7 things.

15. • Avoid
• Bullets

16. Bullet points tell people
you don’t care enough
to write complete sentences

17. Remember that decision?

18. for presentations for handouts
A presenter can: Bullet points
• Elaborate may seem cryptic
• Explain outside the context
• Add detail of a presentation.
You’d better
write something that
can stand on its own.

19. Control
the flow.
Use
animations

20. orControl
multiple
the flow.
slides
to Use
slow
things down
animations

21. Its okay to use
lots of slides.

22. Lots and
lots of slides.

23. They’re

24. If you have to put a whole bunch of text on
one slide then please please please take the
time to organize it into manageable bits of
information that people can easily digest

25. If you have to put
a whole bunch of text
on one slide
then please please please
take the time to organize it
into manageable bits
of information
that people
can easily digest

26. You can depend on Arial.
There’s nothing worse
than formatting your
whole slide show with
some cool font and
having it go all screwy
on you .

27. You can depend on Arial.
There’s nothing worse than
formatting your whole slide show
with some cool font and having it go
all screwy on you .

28. Using Black on White,
despite your most well thought
out minimalist intentions,
just makes you look lazy.

29. Maybe try using a little colour.

30. And then keep changing it to
keep people awake.

31. Photos

32. センターイメージ
translation: ‘center images’

33. Re-colour busy photos
so they don’t distract from your text

34. Pictures with
white backgrounds
work the best.
Find a way to connect
the pictures
with the text

35. Use Large Photos

36. You don’t want
photos that
look like this.
….or like this.

37. Use Good Quality Free Photos
* Requires you to set up an account,
but its free.

38. You can use if you aren't
profiting of your presentation.
like me, I’m a student,
I’m not making any money off of this.
None, I swear.

39. 1000 words are worth more than a bad photo.

40. Its Half time
(Let people know where you are in the presentation)

41. TODAYS TOPICS
• General Strategy
• Organizing Text
• Photos
We are here.
• Composition
• Colour
• Transitions
• Final Thoughts

42. Composition
1 Guide people
through the slide. 2
3 4
Left to right.
Top to bottom.

43. Single Focal Point
- Bansky

44. Double Pane
This space talks about that space

46. THE
RULE

47. Title
this text is 2/3
the size of the title.

49. Colour

50. Black & White Monochrome

51. Cool Colours Warm Colours

52. Complimentary Split Complimentary
Colours Colours

53. Transitions
are not toys.
Use them when changing your dialogue
from one point to another…

54. …or when changing the looks of your slide
(they call them transitions for a reason)

55. Final
Thoughts
Give people hope.
Let them know
this presentation
isn't going to
last forever.

56. For Best Results
Start your Powerpoint in Word
then add graphics once you know what to say

57. Don't put movies
in your Powerpoint.
You aren't as
interesting
as a movie
and you don’t want
to follow that.
They never really
work any way.

58. There are no rules,
just think critically

59. Be Audience Appropriate

60. Compare how it looks
against other things
you think look good

61. try to make something
your mom will understand.
If your mom understands it,
then it makes sense.

62. If you can be funny
then be funny.
If you cant be funny
then be yourself.
Unless you’re boring.
(see rule number one)

63. Final Rule.
Tie the ending
to the beginning