Your Presentation Is CRAP And Thats Why I

Your Presentation Is CRAP …And That’s Why I Like It Basic Design Principles for Visual Presentations

Use CRAP Designs For Great Slides Contrast • If 2 things are not the same, make them REALLY different Repetition • Repeated elements strengthens organization Alignment • Give every element a visual connection to another element on the slide Proximity • Items relating to each other should be grouped close together The CRAP principles above are from The Non-Designer's Web Book by Robin Williams and John Tollett

Q 1 and Q 2 Project Plan Phase II Phase I People Identify & engage stakeholders Tasks Assign tasks Phase IV Phase III Communicate plan Develop timeline Implement Resources Purchase tools & test Deadline: Feb 28 Deadline: Mar 15 Deadline: May 31 Finalize contracts Deadline: June 5

Q 1 and Q 2 Project Plan Phase II Phase I People Phase IV Phase III Identify & engage stakeholders Communicate plan This slide is pretty bad…right? Tasks Assign tasks Develop timeline Implement Resources Purchase tools & test Deadline: Feb 28 Deadline: Mar 15 Deadline: May 31 Finalize contracts Deadline: June 5

Q 1 and Q 2 Project Plan Phase II Phase I People Phase IV Phase III Identify & engage stakeholders Communicate plan What could make it better? Tasks Assign tasks Develop timeline Implement Resources Purchase tools & test Deadline: Feb 28 Deadline: Mar 15 Deadline: May 31 Finalize contracts Deadline: June 5

Use Highest Contrast For Visual Clarity Not GOOD Can You Read This? Can You Read This?

Use Highest Contrast For Visual Clarity Not GOOD Can You Read This? Can You Read This? Can You Read This?

Repeat After Me: Repetition Is Good Not GOOD Alliteration • • Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers She sells sea shells by the sea shore Onomatopoeia • • Doki doki brekekekex koax Assonance • • That solitude which suits abstruser musings. Dead in da middle of little Italy, little did we know that we riddled some middle men who didn't do diddily.

Repeat After Me: Repetition Is Good Not GOOD Alliteration • • Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers She sells sea shells by the sea shore Onomatopoeia • • Doki doki brekekekex koax Assonance • • That solitude which suits abstruser musings. Dead in da middle of little Italy, little did we know that we riddled some middle men who didn't do diddily. • Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers • She sells sea shells by the sea shore Onomatopoeia • Doki doki • brekekekex koax Assonance • That solitude which suits abstruser musings • Dead in da middle of little Italy, little did we know that we riddled some middle men who didn't do diddily

Visually Aligned = Mentally Aligned Not GOOD Where do I belong? Where do I belong?

Visually Aligned = Mentally Aligned Not GOOD Where do I belong? GOOD Home sweet home. Where do I belong? Home sweet home.

Proximity Promotes Perception Not GOOD Alliteration Repetition of a leading consonant sound Onomatopoeia Imitating the sound described Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming

Proximity Promotes Perception Not GOOD Alliteration Repetition of a leading consonant sound Onomatopoeia Imitating the sound described Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming

Q 1 and Q 2 Project Plan Phase II Phase I People Identify & engage stakeholders Tasks Assign tasks Phase IV Phase III Communicate plan Develop timeline Implement Resources Purchase tools & test Deadline: Feb 28 Deadline: Mar 15 Deadline: May 31 Finalize contracts Deadline: June 5

Q 1 and Q 2 Project Plan Phase II Phase I People Phase IV Phase III Identify & engage stakeholders Communicate plan What if we apply a little CRAP? Tasks Assign tasks Develop timeline Implement Resources Purchase tools & test Deadline: Feb 28 Deadline: Mar 15 Deadline: May 31 Finalize contracts Deadline: June 5

Q 1 and Q 2 Project Plan Phase II Feb 28 Phase IV Phase III Mar 15 May 31 June 5 People Identify & engage stakeholders Communicate plan Tasks Assign tasks Develop timeline Implement Resources Purchase tools & test Finalize contracts

Are You Ready to Create a CRAP Presentation? Use responsibly. CRAP presentations may elicit questions, comments, or feedback from an engaged audience that actually understands your message.