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Don't bombard them with information - focus on getting around three big messages across.At all times, consider the presentation from your audience's point of view.Try to convey one simple message per slide - no more.Make use of powerful images - Flickr: Creative Commons is a great source.Include no more than 10 words (preferably less) per slide.Be minimal - avoid the usual PowerPoint frills (headers, borders, etc.) that you see in PowerPoint templates.Use a bold colour scheme with high contrast and no more than three colours.Embed the font when you save so it won't be substituted if you share the file (embedding doesn't work Mac - an alternative is to save as a PDF also, embedding only works with TrueType fonts).Use a large font face (point sizes above 50 and higher).Use fonts with personality instead of the standard fonts that come on your computer.

Use no more than two different font faces in your presentation.Today we can watch the world's best presentations online.Ī new set of design principles is emerging around these world-class slide presentations. Here are some tips I can share, based on observed best practices mixed with personal suggestions: These days, the old digital ecosystem - individual office computers equipped with common desktop (typically Microsoft) applications - has been transformed. It felt natural to users to cut-and-paste stuff from one application to another. Me, I think it's a historical accident: PowerPoint evolved in the same stable as Word and Excel. Many blame PowerPoint and its (untended) design philosophy. Put yourself in your audience's shoes: Why are they here? Did they really come to see you? Or did they come to escape their boring offices, their imprisoning screens, where they sit all day and stare at similarly dull documents? It may not be Friday night, it may not be the movies, but make no mistake, your audience wants to be entertained. By cutting-and-pasting information designed for personal/office use into a document intended for theatrical presentation, you risk boring your audience to tears. See? That's what you're doing when you share your boring documentation instead of focusing on your audience's experience. You've got the chocolate, the popcorn - you're ready to let your imagination be whisked away for a couple of hours by whatever old movie is on TV. You're slouching back on the sofa with your significant other. It's Friday night. It's been a long, hard week.