How to Pick the Right Visuals for Your Presentations
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The document emphasizes the importance of using relevant and high-quality visuals in presentations to enhance communication and avoid distractions. It advises against cluttering slides with unnecessary information and promotes simplicity for better readability. Additionally, the text highlights the significance of choosing images that connect with the content being presented.
How to Pick the Right Visuals for Your Presentations
- 1. Ditch Bullet Points, Embrace Images THE RIGHT VISUALS How to pick for your presentation
- 2. There has been an increase in the use of computing power to produce unified reports which join different views of the enterprise in one place. Pick images that are relevant to the story your slides say In this example the image does not connect with the content, it is talking about reports whereas the image says something else Make a Connection Pick images that are relevant to the story your slides say In this example the image connects with the content, it is talking about reports and the image is relevant to it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_reporting There has been an increase in the use of computing power to produce unified reports which join different views of the enterprise in one place.
- 3. Primary target markets are those market segments to which marketing efforts are primarily directed and secondary markets are smaller or less important Pick images that are relevant to the story your slides say In this example the busy image is distracting the test and we also notice the text is not readable Let the Visual Tell Your Story Use a visual if it adds to your message. If your visual causes a distraction from your message leave it out entirely In this example, with the clean and simple image, text are more clean and readable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_reporting Primary target markets are those market segments to which marketing efforts are primarily directed and secondary markets are smaller or less important
- 4. KEEP THEM SIMPLE Do not clutter the slides with concepts. Pick one or two…and say it effectively.
- 5. Declutter for Easy Readability 5 Quarterly Financial report Quarterly Financial report Information presented in multiple chart types, texts make it cluttered and difficult to read Simplify the content, use similar chart type for easy readability • Sales for the month of July $5M, August $4.5M, September $6.5M • Revenue for the month of July is $10.5M, August $14M, September $8M • Production problems in factory now is decreased by 10% in units produced over the months $0 $4 $8 Jul Aug Sep $0 $5 $10 $15 Jul Aug Sep 60 11 29 Jul Aug Sep $0 $2 $4 $6 $8 Jul Aug Sep $0 $5 $10 $15 Jul Aug Sep 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Jul Aug Sep (Million) In millions Monthly Sales Report Monthly Revenue Production Report (Million) (Million)
- 6. Simple & Clean IconsComplex PNG Icons ClipArt Icons No Clipart or PNG or SmartArt Avoid clipart or PNG icons. Simple, clean icons are so much better
- 7. STRETCHED IMAGE Note the Image Size and Quality Make sure the visuals are clear, of good quality and are laid out such that it is seen by everyone in the audience BAD QUALITY
- 8. GO ON… add that zing to your next presentation Some more tips that might just save your day