It was always a bit of a mystery to me as to why people continue to produce and deliver “Death by PowerPoint” type presentations. There are so many resources available on how and why to change your presentation style from bulleted list PowerPoint slides to something more innovative. Yet “Death by PowerPoint” persists in most organizations, one day I had the proverbial ah-hah moment. I was at our cottage on the south shore of Nova Scotia; I do a lot of my presentation and other design work there. Looking for inspiration on a project I was working on, I scrolled through Twitter and followed a link to a link to… Read More
Continue ReadingWhite background, black background. Which is better?
The Effective Sales Presentation is an excellent blog by Jean-François Messier. It is one of the only sales presentation blogs I can find. Since I am in sales, do a lot of presentations, and have a passion for presentation design, I am always keenly interested to see what he has to say. A couple of weeks ago Jean- François re-posted an article by Phil Waknell which discussed what type of background is better for your slides, 5 Reasons Why Black Is The New White. He believes that a dark/black background is better for a variety of reasons: 1. A black background won’t fatigue your audience, whereas a white background can be hard… Read More
Continue ReadingLearning slide design while you drive! End of the line.
As I said in part one of this series, you can learn a lot about slide design from roadside billboards and the mini-billboards you see in airports. 10 Rules for Billboard Design were outlined in an article on billboard design by BPS Outdoor Media (www.bpsoutdoor.com). Here are the last 4 rules with some more Refuse to be Boring (RTBB) editorial comments. Billboard Rule #7 – Getting attention is the most important thing your ad needs to do so it won’t be overlooked. You can get attention in several ways, but the best advice I can give you is to be creative and do something out of the ordinary. RTBB –… Read More
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