There are certainly some methods that are ineffective (in my opinion), but there are aspects of presentation design where there is simply no right answer. The bigger the better in my opinion, but as long as it’s legible by everyone in the audience, use the size that fits your style.   Giving my own opinion of what I (personally) think is the best method(s) to design presentations will be left for another post.  What I Many of you have probably heard of a variety of “methods” to creating a PowerPoint presentation.  I’ve often been asked, “What’s the best method?” 

Well-developed and designed presentations are finally getting the recognition they deserve. Attracting really good designers to work for Duarte has been tough, because designing presentations is “dirty work”. Designers tell us that REAL designers create print campaigns or web sites, and designing presentations is beneath them. The influence and visibility of Garr Reynolds’ blog have helped change the perception that presentations suck, and made people aware of just how powerful a presentation can be. But now that well-designed presentations have

Most people do not really think about design and designers, let alone think of themselves as designers. But what, if anything, can regular people — teachers, students, business people of all types — learn from designers and from thinking like a designer? Can medical doctors, scientists, researchers, and engineers, and other specialists in technical fields benefit in anyway by learning how a graphic designer or interaction designer thinks? And what of more specialized professions? Is there something designers, either through their training or experience, know

Yes, you can design a PowerPoint presentation without using PowerPoint. With speedy internet access, you can design a presentation "in the cloud". What are Presentation Design Cloud Apps? When you access any of these three (currently free) online apps, you can design a presentation "in the cloud". (That's And you don't need Keynote or OpenOffice, either. Think Google Docs Presentations .

If there is one principle that reveals the essence of the Zen aesthetic found in Japanese traditional art and design — and life in general — it is harmony. Aesthetically, wa is fundamental to all good design, yet it goes beyond aesthetics. Here are just seven things to think about as you strive to bring more wa to your own design solutions. (1) Embrace economy of materials and means. The kanji that has been used by Japan for the past 1300 years or so to represent this concept is ? (wa). wa).

As I mentioned before, I'm in the beginning stages of writing and designing another book, this one called Presentation Zen Design. For many of us, there is a hole in our education when it comes to communicating visually, and knowledge of even the basics of graphic design is missing for most people. This book intends to do its small part to help fix this problem by focusing on concrete graphic design principles and techniques in This book is a deeper exploration of the Design section of PZ (chapters 5-7). The underlying guiding principles are the same -- restraint,

It’s hard to stop Nancy Duarte once she gets started talking about design. It’s no surprise that Nancy views the world through a design lens, a skill which she has used to help world-renowned executives, politicians and thought leaders develop presentations, but it may surprise some to know that it is also her personal management philosophy. She sat down with Jimmy and shared her thoughts about how design thinking can be the one of the most powerful tools for effective management. “Design And that’s exactly what happened when she met Jimmy Guterman , executive editor of MIT Sloan Management Review , at the most recent TED conference .

There’s been a tremendous amount of interest in them, but as they were designed to complement Chris’s talk – they only tell half the story. Design your slides so that they can be processed quickly by the visual cortex, allowing the language areas to focus on what you’re saying. Tags: Powerpoint cognitive load PowerPoint PowerPoint slide design slide design working memor At last, we have some scientifically rigorous evidence to show that slides full of bullet-points don’t work. The research is the work of Chris Atherton , a cognitive

You may not have heard of Bill Buxton yet, but the Canadian designer and computer scientist is well known in the field of human–computer interaction. Bill wrote a good book in 2007 called Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design. are applicable to presentation design as well. Currently he is Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research. A lot of the things he talks about in his book (e.g.,

"What would you like to see in PowerPoint design in 2009?" That's what Olivia Mitchell, who writes the fantastic Speaking About Presenting blog, asked me last month. Lots of great ideas!) My PowerPoint design wishes for 2009? The look and feel of social media techniques will transition into PowerPoint design. Presentations will be designed with audience participation -- and push Now, Olivia didn't ask just me: she also acted as community organizer, posing the question to a plethora of presentation bloggers. She asked us to write one post on this topic.