Better Business Graphics: Avoiding Death by Powerpoint Joe Levy

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1 Better Business Graphics: Avoiding Death by Powerpoint Joe Levy IEEE/ACM Information Technology Professional Conference at TCF March 16, This work is licensed under a Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit:

2 Do you? Prepare and deliver your own presentations Collaborate with others on design and content Deliver summary reporting data to management 2

3 Zeroth Law Identify your message Stay on message! 3

4 An Experiment 4

5 Lesson One Don t use the default settings 5

6 An Experiment 6

7 Lesson One Don t use the default settings 7

8 An Experiment 8

9 Lesson One Don t use the default settings 9

10 Lesson One Don t use the default settings 10

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12 Default sizes draw the eye away from content Mostly, you don t need slide titles, anyway 12

13 Default sizes draw the eye away from content Mostly, you don t need slide titles, anyway Use light text on dark backgrounds Works better under most lighting conditions 13

14 No Multitasking! Your audience will listen, or read not both Saying something important? Keep the screen content-light Need a content-rich screen? Take a drink of water Handouts might work against you 14

15 Pictures aren t as distracting as text Add visual interest May emphasize a point Motion calls attention to itself That can be good, or bad 15

16 Graphs and Charts The presentation environment works against you Stay simple! Stay on message! 16

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18 Wide lines, big fonts /25/17 03/25/17 05/25/17 07/25/17 09/25/17 11/25/17 01/25/ /25/17 01/25/17 03/25/17 03/25/17 05/25/ /25/17 01/25/17 03/25/17 05/25/17 07/25/17 07/25/17 07/25/17 09/25/17 09/25/17 09/25/17 11/25/17 11/25/17 11/25/17 01/25/18 01/25/18 18

19 Make your point! /25/17 03/25/17 05/25/ /25/17 01/25/17 03/25/17 03/25/17 05/25/ /25/17 01/25/17 03/25/17 05/25/17 07/25/17 09/25/17 8/1/17 07/25/17 07/25/17 07/25/17 11/25/17 09/25/17 09/25/17 09/25/17 01/25/18 11/25/17 11/25/17 11/25/17 01/25/18 01/25/18 19

20 Mix up your formatting Don t always use a standard bullet list hierarchy Be artistic! 20

21 The Triple Constraint Scope Schedule Resources 21

22 The Triple Constraint Scope Schedule Resources 22

23 du le Sc o he Sc pe The Triple Constraint Resources 23

24 Managing A Long Story Break it into sections Q & A between sections Engage your audience Throw in a non sequitur or two 24

25 THINK 25

26 THINK 26

27 Agenda Introduction Part I Part II Conclusion 27

28 Agenda Introduction Part I Part II Conclusion 28

29 Agenda Introduction Part I Part II Conclusion 29

30 Agenda Introduction Part I Part II Conclusion 30

31 Handouts? Provide a note-taking space Allow you to include supplemental material Will be terribly distracting during your presentation! 31

32 Don t ignore intellectual property markings Copyright notice Licensing, if desired 32

33 Executive Reports & Dashboards Spreadsheets are good for packaging Protect your raw data, formatting, & formulas Provide macros & controls for fancy stuff Expand / contract subtotals Inter-page navigation 33

34 Thank you for coming! Questions / comments? joelevy@computer.org If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter. Blaise Pascal { Additional exhibits follow this slide } 34

35 My Mistakes { Retrospective comments in red } 35

36 Career Management Concept { I did not need this title } What is Career Management? An active, continuous process NOT a job-hunting activity (only) { Not everybody grew up with the same cartoons as I did. } Copyright 2017 by Joseph Levy 36

37 Some Really Bad Slides ( Not Mine! ) 37

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