Death by Powerpoint by Angela R.

Garber (2001)

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WHY DO we have
to do this?

a pattern of attention lapses during lectures

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 Sunny: shining or bright with sunlight; full of sunshine

Cloudy: covered with clouds; overcast
Partly cloudy: In part, or to some degree, but not completely. covered
with clouds
Rainy: characterized by rain, esp. much rain: the rainy season
Snowy: frozen precipitation in the form of white or translucent
hexagonal ice crystals that fall in soft, white flakes
Thunderstorms: a type of weather system with thunder and lightning,
often with rain and hail.

Types of weather
Sunny, cloudy, partly cloudy, rainy,
snow, thunderstorms

 Slides with multiple paragraphs of text have

shown to significantly decrease the attention
of the audience, and thus the effectiveness of
getting your message across.
This presentation strategy often leads to
severe neck injuries as the presenter tend to
read directly of the slide while maintaining a
forward body position aimed at the audience.
Source: Damons imagination

No to

POETRY READING,
Please.

DO NOT PRESENT
INFORMATION IN ALL
CAPS. HEADERS (ONLY)
WITH LESS THAN SEVEN
WORDS, PWEDE.
MAY KAAWAY KA, 'TEH?

THE IDEAL:

Ants arent Intimidated by

the Size of Their Workload
Ants arent intimidated by the
sheer size of the objects that
they need to carry, so why
should we?
Most of us have goals that wed
like to achieve (If you dont,
then youre in trouble). These
goals can be very huge and may
seem way bigger than what we
can handle.

Ants arent Intimidated by

the Size of Their Workload
Ants arent intimidated by the
sheer size of the objects that
they need to carry, so why
should we?
Most of us have goals that wed
like to achieve (If you dont, then
youre in trouble). These goals
can be very huge and may seem
way bigger than what we can
handle.

Ants arent Intimidated

by the Size of Their
Workload
Ants arent intimidated by the
sheer size of the objects that
they need to carry, so why
should we?
Most of us have goals that wed
like to achieve (If you dont,
then youre in trouble). These
goals can be very huge and may
seem way bigger than what we
can handle.

rain.bow (noun)
an arch of colors formed in the sky in
certain circumstances, caused by the
refraction and dispersion of the sun's
light by rain or other water droplets in
the atmosphere.
any display of the colors of the spectrum
produced by dispersion of light.
a wide range or variety of related and
typically colorful things.
"a rainbow of medals decorated his
chest"

rain.bow (noun)
an arch of colors formed in the sky in certain circumstances, caused by the
refraction and dispersion of the sun's light by rain or other water droplets in the
atmosphere.
any display of the colors of the spectrum produced by dispersion of light.
a wide range or variety of related and typically colorful things.
"a rainbow of medals decorated his chest"

/rnb/
noun

an arch of colors formed in the sky in

certain circumstances, caused by the
refraction and dispersion of the sun's light
by rain or other water droplets in the
atmosphere.
any display of the colors of the spectrum
produced by dispersion of light.
a wide range or variety of related and
typically colorful things.

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Graphic Organizers
Utilize

Describing Wheel

Venn Diagram

Web

Timeline

Tree

http://thepresentationdesigner.co.uk/blog/5-classic-presentation-fonts/

Know more about font psychology at

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/705/

1. Color selection

From Kevin Lerners The Psychology of Color in PowerPoint presentations