A (minor) rant on why good presentation-design works … redux

I have written elsewhere about good graphic design i.e., what’s on the slides behind you as you deliver your presentation. Here’s a grab from that post with my comment on why a particular slideshow was judged a winner in a recent global competition.

• It’s not a slideument … i.e., a document pretending to be a slide show;
• It’s short;
• It’s visually appealing, with images that support and extend the message;
• It’s memorable. If you’ve flicked through it even once, there is going to be an image that has told you a story that you’ll remember.

A (minor) rant on why good presentation design works …, Sep 2008

Whilst these are plus points with reference to an online slideshow presentation, they are as equally relevant to one given live.

Have a look at the whole article and see what you think.