{"id":1228,"date":"2013-04-22T17:31:35","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T21:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/?p=1228"},"modified":"2025-11-14T22:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T03:37:08","slug":"on-powerpoint-presentations-and-the-basics-of-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013\/04\/22\/on-powerpoint-presentations-and-the-basics-of-design\/","title":{"rendered":"On Powerpoint, presentations, and the basics of design."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 198px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:HobokenNASA.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured\" title=\"Image of Hoboken taken by NASA (red line shows...\" alt=\"Image of Hoboken taken by NASA (red line shows...\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/HobokenNASA.jpg?resize=188%2C196&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"188\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image of Hoboken taken by NASA (red line shows where Hoboken is). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Last week, I was fortunate to meet for four hours with a company that wanted to learn how to use\u00a0<span style=\"color: #1b8be0;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PowerPoint<\/span><\/span>\u00a02010 more effectively, make better, more engaging presentations, learn a bit about <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Design\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Design\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener noreferrer\">design<\/a> tools like <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Inkscape\" href=\"https:\/\/inkscape.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">Inkscape<\/a> and the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"GIMP\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gimp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">GIMP<\/a>, and develop a base of design skills. We all learned a lot about color, look, feel, design success, and more. Thanks so much to the company in question, and I love <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Hoboken, New Jersey\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=40.745251,-74.027926&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=40.745251,-74.027926 (Hoboken%2C%20New%20Jersey)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation noopener noreferrer\">Hoboken<\/a>&#8216;s view of NYC. I can&#8217;t wait to go back.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the presentations I used to walk the group through the issues.<\/p>\n<h2>New features in Powerpoint 2010<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1iC0N-C2xRgH6xlvB6Gt0RXb6HcefgoGh0JrmtaEMrLk\/edit?usp=sharing\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1iC0N-C2xRgH6xlvB6Gt0RXb6HcefgoGh0JrmtaEMrLk\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1iC0N-C2xRgH6xlvB6Gt0RXb6HcefgoGh0JrmtaEMrLk\/edit?usp=sharing<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Best Practices in Graphic Design<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/121kHFLhNGrP85vKdR5ti1tRFVzMbwRmboBRuzRLFg7A\/edit?usp=sharing\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/121kHFLhNGrP85vKdR5ti1tRFVzMbwRmboBRuzRLFg7A\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/121kHFLhNGrP85vKdR5ti1tRFVzMbwRmboBRuzRLFg7A\/edit?usp=sharing<\/a><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin: 0; 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background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/mededconference.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/22\/nine-words-you-need-to-know-for-a-more-effective-presentation-by-erin-gallagher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/162273670_80_801.jpg?w=1170&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" href=\"https:\/\/mededconference.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/22\/nine-words-you-need-to-know-for-a-more-effective-presentation-by-erin-gallagher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nine Words You Need to Know for a More Effective Presentation by: Erin Gallagher<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/160299477_80_801.jpg?w=1170&#038;ssl=1\" \/>Design beautiful PowerPoint slide decks with Slidevana<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/slideworldindia.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/18\/audience-attention-depends-on-the-powerpoint-style\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/161108653_80_801.jpg?w=1170&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" href=\"https:\/\/slideworldindia.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/18\/audience-attention-depends-on-the-powerpoint-style\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Audience attention depends on the PowerPoint Style.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/pixy19.gif?w=1170&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I was fortunate to meet for four hours with a company that wanted to learn how to use\u00a0PowerPoint\u00a02010 more effectively, make better, more engaging presentations, learn a bit about design tools like Inkscape and the GIMP, and develop a base of design skills. We all learned a lot about color, look, feel, design [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19,7,21,5],"tags":[335,346,411,532],"class_list":{"0":"post-1228","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-classes-presentations","8":"category-consulting","9":"category-professional-activities","10":"category-technology","11":"tag-gimp","12":"tag-google","13":"tag-inkscape","14":"tag-microsoft-windows","15":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/pixy19.gif?fit=1%2C1&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3h6y2-jO","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":858,"url":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/06\/11\/designing-presentations-beyond-the-basics-a-3-part-series\/","url_meta":{"origin":1228,"position":0},"title":"Designing Presentations: Beyond the Basics (A 3-Part Series) at Princeton Public Library","author":"lemsy","date":"2012-06-11","format":false,"excerpt":"I was given a great opportunity to\u00a0teach\u00a0people how to create great presentations. 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