PowerPoint+Presentations

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==“Consider an important and intriguing table of survival rates for those with cancer relative to those without cancer for the same time period. Some 196 numbers and 57 words describe survival rates and their standard errors for 24 cancers.”==

==According to Tufte, a PowerPoint slide may have contributed to the mistaken conclusion reached by NASA engineers that the space shuttle Columbia could safely re-enter the Earth's atmosphere despite possible damage to its wing from a falling piece of foam upon takeoff (The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint).==

==“A bad PowerPoint presentation is a symptom of the writer's failure” (Communication Partners, 2003). It is a presenter's responsibility to design clear, simple, and effective slides. If used correctly, PowerPoint presentation could be “a medium for creative expression” (Byrne, 2003)==

==Jose Silva developed the “Swiss-Army-Knife” model of presentation preparation. For his presentations, Silva uses Microsoft Word, InDesign, Mathematica (for formulas), Stata (for statistical summaries), Illustrator, Photoshop, and Keynote.==

==How to Design  a Good Presentation?==
 * ==Don’t put every single word you plan to say in your presentation.==
 * ==Use sans-serif fonts as Arial and Helvetica.==
 * == Don’t use UPPER CASE, except when making a strong point. ==
 * ==General guidelines for font size: Titles = 44 pt; Subtitles = 28 -34 pt; Bullet points = 24 pt.==
 * ==Avoid using too much text. Use 6 x 6 rule: 6 words per line and 6 lines per slide.==
 * ==Keep the background consistent and simple.==
 * ==50% of slides or each third slide should have graphic (table, flowchart, photo, clip art).==
 * == Don’t enlarge graphics – they get **//fuzzy//**. ==