Slides are easy

Slides are easyThe “let’s talk” serie

Cristiano Rastelli

indexWhy

Structure

Tools

How to

Conclusions

30 minutes

Why the slides are so important?

Why

Why spending time in making better slides?

EMOTIONENGAGEMENTCOMMUNICATION

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LESS BORING

Which sequence give to the presentation?

STRUCTURE

1. COVER2. INDEX3. ABOUT ME4. CHAPTERS

๏ Single slides

5. CONCLUSIONS6. END/THANKS7. REFERENCES

one single slide

optional

loop

But the most important thing is...

Which one to use?

TOOLS

Whatever you feel comfortable with!

Whatever you feel comfortable with!

Yes, also this!

Online toolsBut you will need a connection!

Evil. Don’t use it. Ever.

But you can also be more eclectic…

http://vimeo.com/59566927

…OR SIMPLY MORE CREATIVEhttp://slidesha.re/yiMBRS

What makes you come up with?

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How can you make beautiful slides

HOW TO

Simplicity1

A clear message

1 slide = 1 concept

Use empty space

This is NOT wasted space!

This is NOT wasted space!

Use can use this “empty” space at your benefit:just add a title or a short text, and you’re done!

BRIDGING THE GAPBecause beautiful slides are easy

Fonts2

Choose 2 or 3 max

Combine them

Use contrast

HEAVY lightsans serif slab

regular italic

UPPERCASE lowercase

this is important

USE THIS FOR TITLES

This is a good starting point

Colors3

Choose a color palette

(and stick to that!)

Beware of low contrast

+ Gradients

Photos3

Online resources

Photos you have taken

Create your own repository

FREE, PAID, CC

Search Engines for imagesDon’t stop at the first results, don’t be obvious

FLICKRCheck the copyright restrictions for every image

FLICKR COMMONSThese are public domain images you can use

Photo CollectionsOnly for internal (non public) usage

Stock/Right-Managed archivesYou will have to pay for them to legally use

Newspaper GalleriesOnly for internal (non public) usage

Vintage/Retro imagesMost of them are free to use

ADs or PropagandaMost of them are free to use

Public Libraries/CollectionsCheck the usage rights before using them

Your imagesPhotos you have taken by yourself

Your collectionSave in a folder all the images you see and like

USE BEAUTIFUL IMAGESDON’T BE OBVIOUSHIGH-RESOLUTION

But the most important thing is...

Details4

Icons

Shadows

Transitions

Inspiration?

Slideshare

Speaker Deck

Note & Point

Some simple takeaways...

CONCLUSIONS

Start with paper & pen, always

You have to tell a story, don’t forget!

Create the most beautiful slides you can

Find your personal style

grazie

Cristiano Rastelli

ReferencesApple Keynotewww.apple.com/uk/iwork

Slid.eswww.slid.es

Google Presentationsdocs.google.com

TOOLS

Slidesharewww.slideshare.net/featured

Speaker Deckwww.speakerdeck.com

Note & Pointwww.noteandpoint.com

InspirationFont Squirrelwww.fontsquirrel.com

Google Fontswww.google.com/fonts

Beautiful Web Typehellohappy.org/beautiful-web-type

FONTSAdobe Kulerkuler.adobe.com

Tiny Eye Labslabs.tineye.com/multicolr

COLORS

500px500px.com

Flickr - The Commonswww.flickr.com/commons

Boston.com - Big Picturewww.boston.com/bigpicture

IMAGESVintage Ad Browserwww.vintageadbrowser.com

Shorpy Historical Archivewww.shorpy.com

Retronautwww.retronaut.com