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Evidence-Based Presentation Design

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Posted by Ken Molay
July 20 2009 5:12 PM EDT

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Abela

Nothing ever dies on the web. My friend James just sent me a link to an article posted last year, but every bit as timely today as it was then. As one of the television networks used to say about their reruns (rather condescendingly, I thought) "If you haven't seen it, it's new to you!"

Dr. Andrew Abela, Ph.D. wrote up some guidelines for presentation slide design based on true empirical research rather than generally accepted rules of thumb and personal recommendations. I am pleased that these match my recommendations to clients in 9 out of 10 cases. The one surprise I had was his findings that complex information should remain grouped rather than being split into simpler component pieces.

Give it a read, and feel free to comment if you disagree with any of the tips.

Tags: presentation design, slide design, slide layout, PowerPoint

  

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  • Ken, Thanks for linking to the article. Your surprise about grouping information was initially my own surprise too. What converted me was the findings from the study by Nadolski, Kirschner, and van Merrienboer (2005), and then my own experience training others using this finding. Think of it this way - if you were explaining an 8 step process, what would be more effective, to explain one or two steps on each slide, or to show the entire process on one slide? Best regards, Andrew

    Posted by Andrew Abela, http://www.extremepresentation.typepad.com
    About 1 year ago

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