Rethinking PowerPoint Design
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This document parodies an Abraham Lincoln speech given at Gettysburg using the standard PowerPoint presentation format of bullets and slides. It mocks how PowerPoint can distract from meaningful content by focusing on superficial formatting elements rather than the substance of the discussion. Alternative presentation styles are proposed that prioritize visual storytelling over bullet points to better engage audiences.
Rethinking PowerPoint Design
- 3. Gettysburg Cemetery Dedication Abraham Lincoln 11/19/1863 home back next
- 4. Agenda Met on battlefield (great) Dedicate portion of field - fitting! Unfinished work (great tasks) 11/19/1863 home back next
- 5. Not on Agenda! Dedicate Consecrate Hallow (in narrow sense) Add or detract Note or remember what we say 11/19/1863 home back next
- 6. Review of Key Objectives & Critical Success Factors What makes nation unique Conceived in Liberty Men are equal Shared vision New birth of freedom Govt of/for/by the people 11/19/1863 home back next
- 7. Organizational Overview 1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 New Nations 0.3 0.2 11/19/1863 0.1 0 -87 Now Years home back next
- 8. Summary New nation Civil war Dedicate field Dedicated to unfinished work New birth of freedom 11/19/1863 Government not perish home back next
- 15. Battling Bullets
- 16. What is your reaction to this format?
- 17. The standard format is mentally exhausting!
- 19. Visuals, with limited text, are easier to process
- 20. Limit use of bullets to actual lists Your agenda items A summary A short list of important details
- 21. What should we use instead of bullets?
- 22. What should we use instead of bullets? The Assertion Evidence Model
- 24. The assertion-evidence model leads to increased recall
- 25. How could we fix this slide?
- 26. Visual evidence will keep your audience engaged
- 27. What do the slides highlight as important?
- 29. Presentation Zen
- 34. Presentation Zen Examples Seth Godin on Making a Difference Garr Reynold on Being Like Bamboo
- 44. Lessig Style
- 45. Lawrence Lessig Fast transitions, many slides Single word or short phrase Text can: Mirror Augment Contradict Lessig's Talk on Free Culture and Copright
- 47. There are more options than PowerPoint Prezi Kinetic, Topological Presentations Storytelling Techniques Explained Ron Gutman Explores Little-Known Benefits of Smiling Consider using a screen-capture utility to make a video of non-local software Hans Rosling Makes Stats Interesting
- 48. Sources Gettysburg Address Spoof from norvig.com Afghanistan Stability from New York Times Assertion-Evidence examples from Michael Alley at engr.psu.edu Lessig image from fastcompany.com All other images from presentationzen.com Laurence Lessig talk available at http://randomfoo.net/oscon/2002/lessig/free.html Title font is WolfredNelson available at fontspace.com Want to use a cool font in your PowerPoint? Be sure to embed the font when you save it. Go to Save As |Tools |Save Options to embed the fonts. (Wont work if there are licensing restrictions (rare); itll tell you if theres a problem.)