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It is tempting to immediately fire up PowerPoint to update that previous presentation with new content or, as it sometimes happens, just quickly put something together. However, it pays to first take five minutes to write out the content of the training or presentation point by point, so that the main pieces or content can be moved around without fuss. It doesn't have to be a comprehensive script, of course, but it helps to ask yourself the following questions:
First, choose or create a strong and conscious visual theme within which to build your presentation. A clear theme has several advantages for both yourself and the viewer. The choice of visual theme is important here; the right choice brings consistency and calmness, ensures that you spend less time and also looks much more professional. However, the wrong choice can work against the content.
Color is a key factor when it comes to recognition and setting a certain mood. With two main colors, an accent color and text color, you are already well on your way.
Complementary colors are each other's opposites within the spectrum. Complementary color use therefore creates an extremely contrast-free whole, which can produce a very fresh and modern result. On the other hand, there are color families. Color families are colors that are more closely related to each other, making it easier to create a warm, cold or neutral atmosphere.
Color family blue plus a white contrast color
5 complementary colors
Not every illustration is created equal. Together with your theme, decide what your illustrations, Smart Art and graphics will look like. Will your main colors be blue and purple? Then don't include bright green graphics. Also, try to fit photos into the same style as much as possible.
It is still often the case that a good PowerPoint presentation is seen as a kind of digital flyer, in which a load of detailed information can be recited to the student. The presentation is packed full of important key concepts and detailed explanations, shows broad examples and overloads the student with information. Such an information overdose ensures that the student actually learns less than they could have initially, or that the content even distracts from what the presenter is saying.
Too much information on a page
Poor coloring, spelling errors and poor layout
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