Building presentation slides

Data Communication Concepts

Hadrien Lacroix

Curriculum Manager

From planning to building

• Slides
  • Support story
  • Short, dynamic

From planning to building

• Slides
  • Support story
  • Refined slides
  • Slide count or timing = bad metric

From planning to building

• Slides
  • Support story
  • Refined slides
  • Slide count or timing = bad metric
  • One message per slide

¹ https://www.slidecow.com/blog/how-many-slides

Color

• Convey meaning
• Readability

Color

• No more than 3 colors
• Good contrast between words and background
• Inclusive
  • Color deficiency
  • Example: green and red

Fonts

• Serif vs sans-serif
• Context
• Support
• Size

 

Fonts

• Several fonts
• Spacing of letters and lines
• Bold, italic and sizes

Text slide

• Too much text
  • Audience reads instead of listening

¹ Schwabish, J. Better Presentations . Columbia University Press. 2017.

Text slide

• Main points
  • Don't dual purpose the slide deck

Text slide

• Less text
• Headline
  • Highlight main point
  • Specific and concise
  • Big size

Text slide

• Less text
• Headline
• Layering approach
  • Breaks complex slide into smaller points

Text slide

• Less text
• Headline
• Layering approach
  • Breaks complex slide into smaller points
  • Present each point on its own

Text slide

• Less text
• Headline
• Layering approach
  • Breaks complex slide into smaller points
  • Present each point on its own
  • Displayed together

Visualization slide

• Replace many sentences

Visualization slide

• Replace many sentences
• Use layering and highlighting

Visualization slide

• Replace many sentences
• Use layering and highlighting
• Headline (if needed)

Visualization slide

• Replace many sentences
• Use layering and highlighting
• Headline (If needed)
• One or two full-size graphs
  • One message per slide
  • No overcrowding

Let's practice!

Data Communication Concepts