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I've read, heard and seen many good presentation and article on methodologies in making excellent presentations using PowerPoint or Keynote. I just read this blog post which does a really good job summarizing most of what I've heard and adds some insight into common pitfalls and rational in the creation of a presentation.

There is one thing I should add that I heard in a presentation on creating good presentations. Create your presentation with everything you want in it and then replace as much text as possible with a picture, illustration or single words.

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Thanks Eric for the positive review!

You last sentence about replacing words with pictures is exactly what I say to people! And then I refer them to Google Images with some of their key words to see what the search engine throws up. Even if it’s off topic or not apparently “connected”, how your verbally describe the slide will play it in context.

I once needed to explain to an audience of psychologists some of the problems with software development using the term “high maintenance”. Guessing that term was unfamiliar in theat context, I showed a picture of a near-naked Paris Hilton on the cover of Vanity Fair to pictorialise “high maintenance”. It got a great laugh, was memorable, and got the point across. One doesn’t always need to be literal to be meaningful.
Les Posen () (URL) - 23 05 06 - 11:55

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