The document provides 8 tips for creating effective visual presentations: 1) Tell a compelling story to engage the audience, 2) Follow the 10/20/30 rule of no more than 10 slides, a 20 minute presentation, and 30 point font, 3) Use fewer words and headlines rather than paragraphs, 4) Use high quality images as photos convey information visually, 5) Include icons and graphs to visualize text and data, 6) Carefully choose typography as stock fonts can be boring, 7) Use complementary color palettes for good design, and 8) Structure slides with guides and master slides for consistency.

1. 8 Tips To Create Epic
Visual Presentations
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2. 1.Tellagreatstory

3. Craftacompellingstory
that engages the audience and creates curiosity

4. 2.THE10/20/30RULEOFPOWERPOINT

5. 10SLIDES

6. PICKTHEMOSTIMPORTANTPOINTS
& focus on them
...too many slides = information overload

7. 20MINUTES

8. Presentin under 20MINUTES
any longer and you will lose the engagement of the audience

9. 30PTFONTS

10. LARGE FONTSAREEASIERTOREAD
small font sizes are hard to read

11. 3.LESSISMORE

12. USEHEADLINEs, NOTPARAGRAPHS
the slides compliment your speech not the other way around

13. Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add,
but when there is nothing left to take away.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

14. 4.PhotosSAYATHOUSANDWORDS

15. USEHIGH QUALITY IMAGES
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16. 5.ICONS&Graphsvisualize TEXT

17. Use Icons&GraphstoVisualize
points and data engaging the audience
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18. 6.TYPOGRAPHYISIMPORTANT

19. STOCKFONTS=BORING!
fontsquirrel.com

20. THIS
Sintony
Garamond
Yanone Kaffeesatz
Bebas
NOT THIS
Arial
Times New Roman
Comic Sans
Impact
X
%

21. 7.Colorsmatter

22. ComplimentaryColor palettes
make good design look great

23. this is a bad choice

24. this is much better

25. 8.STRUCTUREYOURSLIDES

26. USEGUIDEs
for consistent alignment

27. MASTERSLIDEs
for consistent formatting

28. 1. Tell a great story
3.LESS IS MORE
5.ICONSvisualizeTEXT
7.Colors matter
Recap
2.THE 10/20/30 RULE
4. photos = 1,000 WORDS
6. TYPOGRAPHY IS IMPORTANT
8. STRUCTURE YOUR SLIDES

29. THANKS
MIKE VINEY
Presentation Designer
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hi@deckworks.co
Inspiration
Apple
Taasky
Emiland
Images
Jerine Lay, Taryn, Zach Dischner, Vinoth Chandar, Daniel Garrido, William Warby, Anton Raath

30. THANKS
Inspiration
Apple
Taasky
Emiland
Images
Jerine Lay, Taryn, Zach Dischner, Vinoth Chandar, Daniel Garrido, William Warby, Anton Raath
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