Chapter 1 was a very helpful chapter for any of us who have used PowerPoint's presentations to deliver information to an audience. The chapter taught me how to fix my existing PowerPoint presentations as well as how to format my forthcoming presentations. Templates, color, type, and fonts were all areas of importance in this chapter. Important points I learned were to try and create my own template instead of just following one of those default templates. This would be a good idea so I can express myself in a more personal manner. Information is read from left to right, which is why if you were going to put graphics, you would want to put them on the left, to be seen as you are about to read. Your slides should not be too busy, because you do not want them to take away from the information you are trying to deliver. In regards to color, background color and font color are of utmost importance to consider. A calming tone in the background, such as a blue is good and a yellow color for font is a good choice because it is immediately seen by the human eye. Color visuals increase willingness to read by up to 80 percent and boost motivation and participation by up to 80 percent too (Burmark, 2011). Slides should contain color for those obvious reasons. One would want to limit the amount of words on slides to keep overloading the audience to a minimum. Font type and size are important to consider too. The font should be big enough to see and the type should be legible and match the type of presentation you are delivering. This chapter was a great resource for formatting my next PowerPoint presentation!
Burmark, L. (2011). They Snooze You Lose. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
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