Effective Slide Design Techniques
Effective Slide Design Techniques
WELCOME TO
IMPACTFUL
SLIDE DESIGN
PRESENTATION MASTERCLASS
1 CONTEXT
=
KNOW WHO AND
WHY YOU PRESENT
2
IMPACTFUL CONTENT
SLIDE KEEP IT SIMPLE,
STRUCTURED AND
SIGNIFICANT
3
CREATE
TOOLS AND
RESOURCES TO
ENHANCE YOUR
SLIDES
Impact
E S T J
Extroverts Sensors Thinkers Judgers
• Energised by people • Focus on facts and details • Make decisions using logics, analysis • Organised and prepared
• Enjoy variety of task • Apply common sense and • Objectively weigh pros and cons • Like to make and stick to plans
• Quick pace experience • Value honesty, consistency and • Comfortable following rules
• Good at multitasking • Practical problems solver fairness
I N F P
Introverts Intuitive Feelers Perceivers
• Like working alone or in • Focus on possibilities and big • Sensitive and cooperative • Like to keep their options open
small groups picture • Decide based on personal values • Tend to act spontaneously
• Focus on one task at a time • Easily see patterns, values • Values implications to others • Flexible with making plans
innovation
• Creative problems solver
Source: “Do What you Are: Discover the Perfect Career for you through the secrets of Personality Type” by Paul D. Tieger, Barbara Barron, Kelly Tieger
What the
audience
WANT to hear
Context
Sweet spot What the
audience
What is
ENGAGING
NEED to hear to the audience
To make To call
something to ACTION
CLEAR
WHY
technical parts, fundamentals
methodologies
To
To
IMPRESS and
CONVINCE
HOW ENTERTAIN
WHAT
Core problem, Announcement,
purpose, desire, internal external
The golden circle of WHY
goal, feeling memos
To make To
To call
something IMPRESS and
to ACTION
CLEAR CONVINCE
S S S
SIMPLE STRUCTURED SIGNIFICANT
• Go direct to the • Let them know where • Be BOLD and
message to start and where to memorable
end
• Don’t tell them, show • 10-20-30 Rules
them • Build a C.R.A.P slide
Introducing our new music player Introducing the iphone 12 Pro Camera How our system can help you:
Today we’re introducing a new, portable music Smart HDR is a new camera feature that goes a Our reconciliations solutions automate and
player that weighs a mere 6.5 ounces, is about step beyond the HDR mode we’re already standardise processing to enhance match
the size of a sardine can, and boasts familiar with. Here, multiple images are captured rates and operational insight. They
voluminous 200MB capacity, long battery life, almost instantly, at the same time, and all at incorporate comprehensive exception
and lightning-fast transfer speeds. different exposures, shadow levels, and more. management, essential for the
identification, prioritisation, allocation and
audit of issues identified by reconciliations.
What should be on the slide What should be on the slide What should be on the slide
5 steps 3 steps
1,000 songs in Estimated cost Estimated cost
Say it simply and directly New product led to 30% increase in sales.
SLIDES SHOULD
REINFORCE
YOUR WORDS,
NOT REPEAT
THEM
SETH GODIN
STORY
Circle of SUPPORT
Information CORE
TEXT
SHAPES
COLOURS
CORE SUPPORT
HYPE
STORY
Action items:
• Sales team to follow up
Key highlights:
• Highest sales
growth in Latte
from 20% to
55% 25% $60K
Nov 20 Dec 20 with new house brand •
25%
Key Consumers
Growth MoM Growth MoM Q2 Sales
group is
Key highlights: • Marketing team to run •
Female 20-25
Coffee sales is Key highlights:
Core: Titles and Subtitles Core: Action statement Core: Performance data
Support: Statistics Support: Action items Support: Key takeaway
Story: Explanation Story: Explanation Story: Explanation
Look at me
LOOK LOOK
At me At me
LOOK me Look me
At me at me
RIGHT LEFT
36,000
last for just scene in less than
90% 40%
Visuals are processed
The
Takahashi
method
MASAYOSHI TAKAHASHI
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10
-20-30
Rules
GUY KAWASAKI
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USE
GRID
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Use full
width
images for
big impact
Use
PowerPoint’s
design ideas
to create
layout
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USE
FLAT STYLE
ICONS
Always use
the same Internet
Internet
within the
same
slide/deck
Always use
SVG/PNG
icon format
and avoid
JPG, BMP
and GIF
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per slide
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IPSUM
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DISCOVERY
X Y Z
Tools to
EVALUATION
INTENT
PURCHASE
reusable • Point 2
infographic • Point 3
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deck/slide
words) focused on hammering home the main point.
But always use brevity; once you have
But always use brevity; once you have made your point, move on.
made your point, move on.
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PRIMARY COLOURS
Use the same COLOURS FAMILIES
colour family if
the content is
related
WARM COOL
Use URGENCY, RISK, WARNING,
IMPENDIMENT, HELP NEEDED
PROGRESSION, FORWARD-
THINKING, SUGGESTION, IDEAS
colour
temperature to
show the slide
context
FRONT BACK
GO ACROSS
Use the
Colour
Wheel
SIDE-BY –SIDE
GO ADJACENT
Use
Eyedropper
tool to pick
colour from Eyedropper
screenshots
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Use Animated
GIFs or Video to
add dimension to
the content
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WHAT’S NEXT
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Pach
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School
Use add/remove Remove unused Check Keep Use remove Use Color to change Use Crop to Shape
vertical/horizontal template layout from Source Formatting background under the color of imported to contain downloaded
gridlines to build slide master when when adding slide from Picture Format to PNG file when using images into a shape
guidelines design is completed other templates remove white icon
background
Compress your Use Ungroup to Use Convert to Use Cut + Paste to Use Arrange > Use Summary
images between break apart PowerPoint SmartArt to quickly quickly customize the Distribute tools to Zoom to convey your
72ppi to 150ppi to save default smart art for convert bullet points bar chart series evenly distribute all the points more effectively
on filesize easy customisation into a diagram appearances elements across vertically
and horizontally
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