Ten handy tips to think about when creating your next presentation.

1. 10 TIPS
FOR CREATING
GREAT VISUAL AIDS
Follow these ten golden rules and
you’ll always have your audience’s
attention for the right reason.
in collaboration with Jim Harvey

2. COMPLETE
Before you begin
your presentation plan
and storyboard

3. ADD
story structure,
EDIT
ruthlessly and
REMOVE
visual and text clutter

4. USE PICTURES
AND DIAGRAMS
before words and use only key phrases

5. THREE IS GREAT!
STICK TO
three words per point &
three points per slide

6. EXPLAIN
jargon TLA’s (three letter acronyms)
ICT
GES
CSS

7. USE MUTED COLOURS
with no complex graphics or animations
MUTED
MUTED
MUTED

8. FOLLOW
A STRICT SLIDE FORMAT
maintaining design consistency

9. ADD HIGH
IMPACT ONE MESSAGE
PER SLIDE,
written as a title and
supported with visuals

10. PROS CONS
USE
PROS & CONS
to structure information

11. FOLLOW
EXAMPLES
set by print, TV and
online news bulletins

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