Originally presented as a Genius Lab at the 2016 ACPA Convention in Montreal, this presentation provides an overview of some basic concepts related to making great presentation slides.

1. LORD
OF THE
SLIDES
HOW TO
BECOME
BY PAUL GORDON BROWN

2. Planning

3. Core
Concept
Ideas & Images
Colors & Emotions

4. Storyboard

5. Simplicity

8. Signal
to
Noise
RATIO

9. Examples

10. “If you put yourself in a position
where you have to stretch
outside your comfort zone,
then you are forced to expand
your consciousness”

11. “If you put yourself in a position
where you have to stretch
outside your comfort zone,
then you are forced to expand
your consciousness”

12. “If you put yourself in a position
where you have to stretch
outside your comfort zone,
then you are forced to expand
your consciousness.”

13. “If you put yourself in a position
where you have to s t r e t c h outside your comfort zone,
then you are forced to expand your consciousness.”

14. “If you put yourself in a position
where you have to s t r e t c h outside your comfort zone,
then you are forced to expand your consciousness.”

15. 2007 2008 2009
2010
NRHH Chapter
Membership
• The number of
NRHH members has
increased steadily
over the past four
years
• 2010 was our best
year

16. 2007 2008 2009 2010
30
26
18
12
NRHH Membership Increases

17. Percentage of chart which
looks like Pac-Man
Looks like Pac-Man
Does not look like Pac-Man

18. Finding Images

19. Start with
the image

23. 1024x768 @ 76dpi
print
@300dpi

30. Using Images

31. VECTOR RASTER

35. VECTOR RASTER

36. STRETCH
your images

37. S T R E T C H
your images

38. Don’t
your images
contort

39. Don’t use images
watermarks
with

40. space
Use
white

42. Choosing Fonts

43. Tunderstanding fonts

45. Serif
Sans Serif
Artistic

46. Serif

47. Serif fonts are great for when you’re presenting
large blocks of text. They are easier to read and
more forgiving to the eye.

48. Sans Serif

49. Sans Serif for Headlines

50. Artistic

51. are great toArtistic fonts
convey a feeling.

52. Using Text

53. D O N T B E
A F R A I D T O
B R E A K U P
Y O U R T E X T

54. This is a Standard Headline

55. Headline
This
Standard
is not a

56. text inside
your images
add

57. text inside your images
add

58. LORD
OF THE
SLIDES
HOW TO
BECOME
BY PAUL GORDON BROWN