Lessons From Presentation Zen Craft Your Story Visually

Lessons From Presentation Zen Craft Your Story Visually 4 April 2009 Presentation Camp Seattle

First. Step away from the computer.

Second. Who is your audience? photo by Carbon NYC - 2008

Third. What role are you playing? photo by Khalid Almasoyd - 2008

What is your story?

Ideas. Concepts. Not Slides.

Architecture: Story Board Title & Intro Story Frames Design Good Graph Text 2 Design 4 Storyboard Images Text Design Principle 1 Text Cluttered Image Design 3 Bad Graph Text

Design Tips: Four Visual Principles

1. Simplify

80%

Avoid animation & sound

2. Signal-to-Noise

3. “White” Space

4. Rule of Thirds

Before & After

Top Global Web Properties

Top Global Web Properties Visitors Microsoft 508, 000 Google 494, 000 Yahoo 476, 000 Wikipedia 164, 000 New York Times 68, 000

2009 Flood • • Initial estimated damage at $125 million Three deaths 27 commercial shellfish areas closed 8, 000 residents in seven water systems told by officials to boil their water

2009 Flood • Estimate $125 million • Three deaths • 27 shellfish areas closed • 8000 residents in 7 water systems must

2009 Flood • Estimate $125 million • Three deaths • 27 shellfish areas closed • 8000 residents in 7 water systems must boil water

In A Word: Simplify

Resources • Presentation. Zen (Garr Reynolds, Blog) • Presentation. Zen (book, Amazon) • The Rule of Thirds • Life After Death With Powerpoint (youtube)

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