A Touch for Eyes How to Use Visual Effects to Support Your Presentation A PowerPoint Training Material
A Touch for Eyes How to Use Visual Effects to Support Your Presentation A PowerPoint Training Material
Course Objectives-Preface Before the course, I want to stress on two things: First, Im not an artist, so I don't teach you aesthetics; Second, Im not an advertisement designer, so I don't teach you drawing fancy pictures, and, as a consultant instead, I strongly oppose to present super-fancy slides to clients because it will distract their attention on the contents. All what I teach are skills, rules, processes, etc, which help you to effectively and accurately communicate ideas After the course, you will be able to Draw the PowerPoint slides more efficiently Produce meaningful, impressive and communicable presentations
Report Name Page 2 Course Objectives - Preface Before the course, I want to stress on two things : First, I’m not an artist, so I don’t teach you aesthetics; Second, I’m not an advertisement designer, so I don’t teach you drawing fancy pictures, and, as a consultant instead, I strongly oppose to present super-fancy slides to clients because it will distract their attention on the contents. All what I teach are skills, rules, processes, etc., which help you to effectively and accurately communicate ideas. After the course, you will be able to: Draw the PowerPoint slides more efficiently Produce meaningful, impressive and communicable presentations
Basic Concepts
Basic Concepts
The“ Common Senses The sense of efficiency The sense of space The sense of process
Report Name Page 4 The “Common Senses” The sense of efficiency The sense of space The sense of process
The slide drawing could be divided into many small actions, and efficiency comes out of each action The sense of efficiency How long does it take to copy an object? The prototy pe and the new one must be aligned Method 1 Method 2 Select the Move the copied Select the align Select the, Hold the shift and Ctrl Object opy one away from the command in button and at the Paste Button ongin one Draw menu same time move the object to desired place Estimated time for completion :16 seconds Estimated time for completion: 2 seconds Can you tell the difference?-14 seconds. Ah! Just 14 seconds, it doesn't matter. But when added together, it does matter: Copy is a very common type of action in slide drawing usually we will expect 20 or above such actions happening in one slide of medium complexity. So 14 seconds'difference means 280 seconds in one slide and 28000 seconds in a 100-page report, i. e near 8 hours. and this is just one type of many actions
Report Name Page 5 The slide drawing could be divided into many small actions, and efficiency comes out of each action The sense of efficiency The sense of efficiency How long does it take to copy an object? The prototype and the new one must be aligned. Method 1 Method 2 Select the Object Press the Copy & the Paste Button Move the copied one away from the origin one Select the align command in Draw Menu Select the Object Hold the Shift and Ctrl button, and at the same time move the object to desired place Estimated time for completion: 16 seconds Estimated time for completion: 2 seconds Can you tell the difference? - 14 seconds. Ah! Just 14 seconds, it doesn’t matter. But when added together, it does matter: Copy is a very common type of action in slide drawing, usually we will expect 20 or above such actions happening in one slide of medium complexity. So 14 seconds’ difference means 280 seconds in one slide and 28000 seconds in a 100-page report, i.e. near 8 hours. And this is just one type of many actions
What does it imply? The sense of efficiency Find the most efficient way for each actioN and bear this in mind through the whole course of production
Report Name Page 6 What does it imply? The sense of efficiency The sense of efficiency Find the most efficient way for EACH ACTION and bear this in mind through the whole course of production
It is like building a house in a given land Don't waste it, but don't overuse it The sense of space The dash-box is the maximum space we can use in this template. Within this border, we must keep all objects balanced : Please compare the slides above. Which one looks better?
Report Name Page 7 It is like building a house in a given land. Don’t waste it, but don’t overuse it The sense of space The sense of space The dash-box is the maximum space we can use in this template. Within this border, we must keep all objects balanced Please compare the slides above. Which one looks better?
So think about the whole picture in mind before drawing The sense of space Things you must meditate on before drawing a slide How many messages you want deliver in this slide? In what order? So you know where to put the objects) How many charts, tables, pictures I will put in the slide? (So I will have ideas of the object sizes. When you become a deft PowerPoint user, you will have the sense of the size of each object as the whole picture formed in your mind. If there are too many objects in one slide, try to divide it to two. Is it likely that I will add something to the slide later on? (So Make the slide expandable, i.e. deliberately leave some spaces on the slide, but keep it balanced. See the example below.) And drawing a sketch is a good tool for start
Report Name Page 8 So think about the whole picture in mind before drawing The sense of space The sense of space Things you must meditate on before drawing a slide: How many messages you want deliver in this slide? In what order? (So you know where to put the objects) How many charts, tables, pictures I will put in the slide? (So I will have ideas of the object sizes. When you become a deft PowerPoint user, you will have the sense of the size of each object as the whole picture formed in your mind. If there are too many objects in one slide, try to divide it to two.) Is it likely that I will add something to the slide later on? (So Make the slide expandable, i.e. deliberately leave some spaces on the slide, but keep it balanced. See the example below.) And drawing a sketch is a good tool for start
How to draw a chart like this(a demonstration). no idea to start with? With a good process, you'll never afraid of it The sense of process Marketing Organization Panayatapolous Haircare Toothpaste/Soap Laund Skincare/Paper Brad Casper Vacan Vacant Virginia Lee eneral Manager General Manager General Manager Vice President* Rene co Ken Doi Robin oxendine Randall Beard Peter Foyston Marketing Marketing D Marketing Director arketing Manager Marketing Director keting Manager Manag Pantene Jiehua l New Rejoice sHead crest Safeguard Tride Whisper Assistant Brand Manager, 2-5 per Brand Localized
Report Name Page 9 How to draw a chart like this (A demonstration). No idea to start with? With a good process, you’ll never afraid of it The sense of process The sense of process Marketing Organization Pantene Jiehua New Brand Rejoice Head & Shoulders Ariel Tide Ulan Whisper JV Brands Crest Professional Marketing Safeguard Zest Camay Randall Beard Marketing Director Rene Co Marketing Director Ken Doi Marketing Director Robin Oxendine Marketing Manager Peter Foyston Marketing Manager Haircare Toothpaste/Soap Laundry Skincare/Paper Vacant General Manager Brad Casper General Manager* Vacant General Manager Virginia Lee Vice President* Assistant Brand Manager, 2-5 per Brand Media & Commercial Production Marketing Manager Dimitri Panayatapolous School Program Group Nurses for School Program Localized
Like managing a business, a change in process will dramatically improve the performance The sense of process You don't need to type 300 letters per second; and you don't need to improve your cursor speed. Yet you can improve the efficiency of the production and the appeOwn companynce of the slides to great extent a good process can: Reduce the production time by half and two thirds Ensure the slides well balanced Make it easier to make changes
Report Name Page 10 Like managing a business, a change in process will dramatically improve the performance The sense of process The sense of process You don’t need to type 300 letters per second; and you don’t need to improve your cursor speed. Yet you can improve the efficiency of the production and the appeOwn companynce of the slides to great extent A good process can: Reduce the production time by half and two thirds Ensure the slides well balanced Make it easier to make changes