Nothing is worse than a boring, ugly presentation.
Mark, here and I'm going to provide you with some design tips to help you maximize your experience
with Google Slides.
You've heard the phrase death by PowerPoint, which refers to boring, bad slide presentations.
Let's not have death by Google.
Slides become a thing.
These easy to apply tips will help you avoid many of the major issues that you see in poor slide design.
Here we go with tip number one.
Don't use the stock templates.
I understand that the stock templates are there and even showed you how to apply them as part of the
course.
But if you really want your slideshows to look good, don't use them.
These stock templates are often not particularly well designed and don't look great.
However, if you can't depend on your own design skills, you can easily look for many of the third
party templates that are available.
Tip number two No bullets.
I know that you're used to seeing bullet points and slide presentations.
Why?
Probably because the stock templates include them in layouts.
That doesn't mean it's a good idea to use them.
No one's going to remember 10 bullet points, but they might remember 10 individual points presented
on 10 well-designed slides.
And here we go.
Tip number three Don't use more than five lines of text on a slide.
When it comes to text and slides, less is more packing.
Too much text on to a slide is counterproductive.
The slide will compete for attention with what the presenter is saying at the time.
Don't make the audience split their attention.
Instead, let your slide accent your presentation and tip number four.
Use sans serif typefaces sans serif typefaces lack the feet and accents on the letters called serifs
surface are important with body text to help the UI transition from one word to the next.
But your slides aren't going to have any walls of body text clean sans serif typefaces like Helvetica
or calibrate are best for your slide presentation.
Tip number five Use the correct size text.
Remember, the experience of seeing your slides projected on a screen from far away is different than
the experience you have designing your slides on a laptop.
Keep in mind that the person at the back of the room has to be able to read your text and tip number
six.
Use contrast It's easy to read black text on a white background or white text on a black background.
Don't make your viewers struggle to read the text on screen because he used gray text on a dark background.
Use colors that contrast with each other for text and background.
If you've ever seen a traditional color wheel.
Colors that contrast best are directly across from each other on the color wheel.
Tip seven Use a color scheme before cracking open Google Slides and creating your slide content.
Decide on a color scheme that makes sense for your presentation.
There are great online tools like coolers that CEO to help you create color schemes that are based on
color theory, so you know that the colors you choose are working well together.
Tip number eight.
When you want to draw attention to something, use contrasting text colors.
This design trick is guaranteed to draw attention to a specific text passage on your slide and tip.
Number nine, use single images instead of multiple images.
Slide presentations are a visual medium, and choosing powerful images can make your presentation more
memorable.
It's a slide presentation, not a photo album, so limit yourself to one powerful image per slide.
I often use slides that have no content, except for a single, powerful image.
Tip number 10 Use images that evoke an emotional response.
Kittens and babies are popular online for a reason.
They evoke an emotional response.
Use images in your presentation that are meaningful.
Images that cause people to feel something will be memorable and will make your presentation stand out.
And now here's a bonus tip tip number 11.
Use animated transitions sparingly.
Transitions were so overused in the early days of PowerPoint that animated transitions can give your
slide presentation a dated appearance.
Animated transitions often feel a bit gratuitous and unnecessary, avoid them unless you can identify
a specific reason for using an animated transition.
I bet if you apply these 11 tips to your work and Google Slides, you'll very quickly have more impressive
slideshows for your viewers.