I imagine that a lot of you would agree that ridding the world of bullet points and unnecessary text on PowerPoint slides is a good thing, right? But what do we do instead? What can we put on our slides to fill the space, or – to go one better – make the content even more compelling? At BrightCarbon we believe effective visual communication is the answer, and so we write about it a lot.
Read on to find out how to become a visualisation champ by turning text into visuals, learning why visuals make our presentations far more effective, as well as picking up some tips and tricks to doing it all in PowerPoint.
Most presentations are a cascade of text-heavy Death-by-PowerPoint slides. Online learners suffer the torture of brochures converted to click-through-eLearning. Most people now recognize that using visuals is the way to go. But how do you make visual presentations and eLearning that work? We think there are six steps you need to follow.
What's the difference between a presentation and a speech? Many people use the words interchangeably, but there are two main areas of difference. Speeches shouldn't be held up as examples of what those giving presentations should emulate.
If you want a quick and free way to create pretty presentations on your iPad - that can be exported to PowerPoint - you’ll be hard pressed to find a simpler solution than this. But just remember that not every presentation topic lends itself to slides that just show pretty pictures behind short bullet points.
When graph slides are designed there are several reasons why they are not as effective as they could be. As a result the audience has to work really hard interpreting the information on the slide thus reducing their ability to listen to the presenter. It's worth understanding the pitfalls.
If you're a whiz with PowerPoint design, visual presentations are the way forward. If you're not, then there's still hope. Here are your very VERY first steps to ditching the bullet points for good - do it on your very next presentation and never look back!
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