Preparing Slides

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Preparing Slides Posters

• Some Perceptual Tips for Better Presentations

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Elizabeth Krupinski, PhDDepartment of
RadiologyUniversity of Arizona
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Presentation Goals

• Convey information
• Concisely effectively
• Support complement verbal
• Illustrate what words cannot

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Presentation Goals

• It is NOT a paper
• Time is limited
• Present your key points
• Present in a logical order
• Stick to your topic
• Whats your point !

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Basic Rules

• Make It Big
• Keep it Simple
• Make It Clear
• Be Consistent

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Make It Big

• Gauge your room size
• Gauge audience distance
• Title font 54 - 60 point
• Text font 32 - 48 point
• Use bold face font
• Move 6 from your computer

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Font Size

• 14 point font size
• 18 point font size
• 24 point font size
• 32 point font size
• 36 point font size
• 48 point font size
• 60 point font size

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Keep It Simple

• San serif - no squiggles
• Block letters
• No italics
• Mix UPPER lower Case
• Times, Arial, Century, Univers
• Bold, underline color for emphasis

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Fonts Types

• Impact
• Letter Gothic plain text
• Bookman Italics
• Syndie shadowed
• Curlz MT
• Arial bold
• Blackadder ATC underlined

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Make It Clear

• 6 - 7 lines text per slide
• 7 words per line
• Leave spaces
• Avoid lots of text
• Points vs complete thoughts
• Avoid punctuation ! . , ?

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Do Not Crowd

• This is how to crowd a slide with way too
  much text! The goal of this demonstration is to
  show the audience-distressing effects of crowding
  way too much information on one slide using as
  many words as possible in a font size that is way
  too small to make a multitude of extraneous and
  unrelated points so that the reader gets
  cross-eyed trying to read every word I have
  written in as short amount of time as possible
  without ever stopping. I have used plain text
  font at 24 point so it is even more difficult. I
  have not emphasized a single word. I have used
  lots of punctuation marks. As the bumper sticker
  says - if you can read this you are too close!
  Are you still reading or have you given up
  already as you should have long ago?

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Make It Clear

• Progressive disclosure of information
• Use multiple slides
• Include only necessary info
• Make content self evident

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Illustrations

• Picture says 1000 words
• Graphs Tables
• No more than 2 - 3 per slide
• 2 - 3 colors max
• Do not crowd illustrations
• Keep things simple

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Schematics
fggsg
WS
red
WS
go
blue
uytty
WS
stop
WS
rtrt
blue
WS
back
rtt
green
WS
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Graphs
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Graphs
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Graphs
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Graphs

• Label the axes
• Show units
• Provide a legend
• Use color 2 - 3 / graph
• Clearly differentiate lines
• 2 graphs - consistent within between slides

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Graphs
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Tables

• Limit columns rows
• Spilt into multiple slides
• Show only relevant entries
• Highlight relevant entries
• Summary gt all data

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Tables

• One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight
  Nine Ten Eleven Twelve
• 453 564 564 789 876 679 2313
  6749 6754 564 7865 6754
• 675 675 675 567 897 353 8976
  4323 8787 564 8786 8765
• 675 453 563 897 867 895 8965
  4321 9865 867 0765 9543
• 965 654 875 898 321 906 9865
  5438 0098 765 0976 7634
• 453 564 564 789 876 679 2313
  6749 6754 564 7865 0976
• 675 675 675 567 897 353 8976
  4323 8787 564 8786 5432
• 675 453 563 897 867 895 8965
  4321 9865 867 0765 0764
• 965 654 875 898 321 906 9865
  5438 0098 765 0976 8645
• 453 564 564 789 876 679 2313
  6749 6754 564 7865 6734
• 675 675 675 567 897 353 8976
  4323 8787 564 8786 9674
• 675 453 563 897 867 895 8965
  4321 9865 867 0765 7834
• 965 654 875 898 321 906 9865
  5438 0098 765 0976 9563
• 675 453 563 897 867 895 8965
  4321 9865 867 0765 7834
• 965 654 875 898 321 906 9865
  5438 0098 765 0976 9563
• 965 654 875 898 321 906 9865
  5438 0098 765 0976 9563

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Tables
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Visual Balance

• English is read left to right
• Eyes tend to land on center
• Balance your slides
• Center graphs / pictures
• Fill screen L to R with text

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Using Color

• Use complimentary colors
• Dark background - light text
• Maximize contrast
• Blue/red green/red bad
• Shading - looks nice, hides text

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Choosing Colors
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Maximize Contrast
Red blue is very bad
Red green is very bad
Black blue are bad
Black neon green are pretty good
Blue yellow are very good
Dark colors white are very good
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Shading

• Text across shades of grading less visible
• Reading left to right or up down 1/2 obscured
• Contrast significantly reduced
• Eye strain increased
• Some of your message gets lost

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Pictures Clip Art

• Use moderately
• Compliments text
• Humor is good
• Dont overshadow the text
  

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Laser Pointers
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Laser Pointers

• Use moderately
• Point to specifics
• Know your slides
• Dont wave around randomly
• Dont point at audience
• Use text overlays instead

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Arrows Text
Right Ventricle
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General

• Talk to the audience
• Not your notes
• Not the screen behind you
• Speak clearly loud
• Know your time limit
• Practice your timing

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Some Good Sites

• kumc.edu/SAH/OTEd/jradel/effective
• psyche.uthct.edu/shaun/SBlack/slides
• ukans.edu/cwis/units/coms2/upa/upa

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Some Good Sites

• research.ucla.edu/era/present
• classes.monterey.edu/CHS/CHS303-01/world/powpoint/
  index
• med.monash.edu.au/crh/publications/max-97