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8 Tips To Create Epic Visual Presentations deckworks.co

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1. Tell a great story

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Craft a compelling story that engages the audience and creates curiosity

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2. THE 10/20/30 RULE OF POWERPOINT

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10 SLIDES

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PICK THE MOST IMPORTANT POINTS & focus on them   . . . too many slides = information overload  

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20 MINUTES

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Present in under 20 MINUTES any longer and you will lose the engagement of the audience

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30PT FONTS

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LARGE FONTS ARE EASIER TO READ small font sizes are hard to read

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3. LESS IS MORE

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USE HEADLINEs, NOT PARAGRAPHS the slides compliment your speech not the other way around

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

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4. Photos SAY A THOUSAND WORDS

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USE HIGH QUALITY IMAGES flickr.com/search/advanced

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5. ICONS & Graphs visualize TEXT

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Use Icons & Graphs to Visualize points and data engaging the audience b 6 f

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6. TYPOGRAPHY IS IMPORTANT

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STOCK FONTS = BORING! fontsquirrel.com

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

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7. Colors matter

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Complimentary Color palettes make good design look great

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this is much better

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8. STRUCTURE YOUR SLIDES

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USE GUIDEs for consistent alignment

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MASTER SLIDEs for consistent formatting

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

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THANKS MIKE VINEY Presentation Designer deckworks. co [email protected] Inspiration Apple Taasky Emiland Images Jerine Lay, Taryn, Zach Dischner, Vinoth Chandar, Daniel Garrido, William Warby, Anton Raath