Ideas worth taking with you
Practical ideas for making complex information clearer, designing stronger slides, and communicating with greater impact.
Dates and events are frequently presented as bullet points or squeezed into standard templates, leaving the audience to read through the information and work out how everything relates. A timeline changes that. By positioning events along a clear path, the…
Read storyA survey may collect a large amount of useful data, but a presentation does not need to reproduce the questionnaire or display every response. Start by deciding what the audience needs to understand, then select the findings that contribute to that message…
Read storyA slide can look attractive and still leave no lasting impression. Memorable slide design begins by looking beyond the individual pieces of information and asking what they mean together. Several observations may support one conclusion. One central idea may…
Read storyAfter sitting through a presentation, your audience probably won't remember every sentence, number or slide. What they are more likely to remember are ideas that were clear enough to understand and simple enough to stay with them. One way to achieve this is…
Read storyImages can make presentation slides more engaging, but finding a photograph that matches your topic is only the beginning. The image also needs to work with the message and the rest of the slide. Start with image quality, particularly when a photograph will…
Read storyA long timeline can contain more dates, events and achievements than an audience can comfortably process on one slide. The solution isn't simply to squeeze everything into a smaller space. Start by deciding what the audience needs to understand, then select…
Read storyIdeas are everywhere, but most pass by before we recognise their potential. A brief view of a billboard, an object beside the road or an ordinary daily experience can trigger a new way to present information. The important habit is to observe, make…
Read storyA standard pie chart often gives every segment the same visual treatment, even when only one comparison matters to the presentation. Rebuilding the chart manually with shapes provides greater control over size, colour, labels and emphasis. A selected segment…
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