PowerPoint KILLS — The Presentation

For those of you who attended my talk on designing more effective PowerPoint presentations, here is a copy of the slides, recently featured on the homepage of SlideShare.net:

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Power Point Kills

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I've also included (below) many links to the sites mentioned during the session:

RESEARCH

• “PowerPoint is Evil” (Edward Tufte)
• Interview with Dr. Richard Mayer (cognitive psychologist)

EXEMPLARS

• Larry Lessig’s Lectures
• Dick Hardt's version of LL
• TED Talks
• Life After Death By PPT (video)
  

DESIGN GUIDES

• "Dodging Bullets in Presentations"
  
• "One Hour PowerPoint"
  

IMAGE SOURCES

• FlickrSTORM
  
• FlickrSTORM tutorial
  
• CompFight
• Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

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And finally, here is an outstanding example of a student presentation from Julia Barrow, who worked with me on an independent study project. Using the techniques outlined above, Julia designed these slides and recorded a voice-over synced with the images. Wow!

Communicating with an Autistic Individual

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