A simple formula for presentation (and slide) design) Point/Story/Application (Glena Salzbury)

Contrast: The spice in a great presentation

PowerPoint Animations and Transitions that work

Just my Type: Choosing the right typefaces for your slides

PowerPoint Presentation Tricks: A Potpourri

Humor and PowerPoint

Right Brain/Left Brain — Pictures and words

Resources: Images, type and equipment

Best presentation books

Telling Stories in PowerPoint

Slide Types: Different ways slides interact with your presentation

• Background, stage (what relevancy? words?)
• Step-by-step walk through (data, process, instructions)
• Main Point
• Trail Marker — this is where we are, what we are talking about (Section heading)
• Illustration — enhancing your point — what is % of emphasis? — is this a repeat of info or a visual approach to your verbal info
• Story
• Humor — dissonance

The Handout

Templates, clipart and animations — what to use, what to throw out