http://effective.leadershipdevelopment.edu.au/10-commandments-effective-visuals/presentations/ Bite sized nuggets of leadership development wisdom for HR and L&D professionals Wed, 26 May 2010 01:12:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://effective.leadershipdevelopment.edu.au/10-commandments-effective-visuals/presentations/comment-page-1/#comment-235 Paul McKelvey Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:22:18 +0000 http://effective.leadershipdevelopment.edu.au/?p=277#comment-235 Other Commandments - Speakers who put spreadsheets on slides shall be taken out immediately and flogged. Such slides are unreadable and waste time. - Camoflage not your text. Backgrounds speckled with light and dark colors camoflage text and make it hard to read. - Thou shalt put a contrasting white or black screen over background photos to enable text to stand out. - Thou shalt blur a background photo to increase text readability. - Thou shalt increase font size as projection distance increases. - Thou shalt learn to use the PowerPoint background feature to assure continuity inside the presentation - Thou shalt consider the manner of projection, direct to screen, or rear-screen projection. Each method has demands and limitations. Other Commandments
- Speakers who put spreadsheets on slides shall be taken out immediately and flogged. Such slides are unreadable and waste time.
- Camoflage not your text. Backgrounds speckled with light and dark colors camoflage text and make it hard to read.
- Thou shalt put a contrasting white or black screen over background photos to enable text to stand out.
- Thou shalt blur a background photo to increase text readability.
- Thou shalt increase font size as projection distance increases.
- Thou shalt learn to use the PowerPoint background feature to assure continuity inside the presentation
- Thou shalt consider the manner of projection, direct to screen, or rear-screen projection. Each method has demands and limitations.

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