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Death by Powerpoint

Millions of people around the world

are suffering death by powerpoint.

Every day

Prompt Data Dump Handout

Presentationzen[there is another way]

Right aligned

rightvisual

emotional

leftverballogical

People read faster

than you talkYou’re

redundant

Would the last person to arrive

please leave the lights on

Don’t Hide

Emotions[engage them]

Empty space is not

nothing; it is a powerful something

The 1-7-7 rule: What is it?

• Have only one main idea per slide.• Insert only seven lines of text maximum.• Use only seven words per line maximum.• The question is though: does this work?• Is this method really good advice?• Is this method really an appropriate,

effective “visual”?• This slide has just seven bullet points!

Bullets killkill Bullets

“The picture superiority effect says that pictures are remembered better than words, especially when people are casually exposed for a very limited time”

a thousand words“ ”

Slides Notes Handouts[for everyone] [for you] [for them]

Signal vs Noise Ratio

Empty Space Contrast

Repetition Alignment

Increase RetentionIncrease retention by 30%!

Show slides for 14-21 secondsbefore talking about them.

(University of Colorado in Bolder, 1984)

“Let the image sink in first;then you can hang yourmessage on that visualhook.” (Burmark)

Average attention span:18 minutes

PaceMaximum 40-90 seconds per slide

Better 2-3 per minute

30 MinutesMin. 20 slides

Optimum 60 – 90.

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