{"id":2482,"date":"2015-12-19T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2015-12-19T08:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/?p=2482"},"modified":"2015-12-10T20:02:30","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T20:02:30","slug":"12-days-of-learning-designing-presentations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/2015\/12\/19\/12-days-of-learning-designing-presentations\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Days of Learning: Designing Presentations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Atomic Learning has created the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/al.atomiclearning.com\/twelve-days-of-learning-2015?elqTrackId=D1F66E2FF0E21001F998A3B715CEFDC2&amp;elq=ebed3d8545ea4567a10a8ce79d23c376&amp;elqCampaignId=1103&amp;elqaid=1365&amp;elqat=1\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12 Days of Learning<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a series of articles designed to kick off resolutions to keep learning in the new year. We thought this was a great idea and have decided borrow (shamelessly steal) it and do our own. Day 8\u2019s resource focuses on improving your presentation design. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve all sat through boring, tedious presentations with too much text in too small of a font that we couldn\u2019t read from our seats. So much so, that \u201cDeath by Powerpoint\u201d is a thing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MjcO2ExtHso\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t do that. Instead, review these Atomic Learning tutorials on <\/span><b>Effective Presentation Design<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> below. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Effective Presentation Design<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><strong>A. Presentations: What You Need to Know\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomiclearning.com\/highed\/almovie?sid=2463&amp;cn=lesley&amp;key=88292\" target=\"_blank\">Introduction<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"display: inline !important;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomiclearning.com\/highed\/almovie?sid=2463&amp;cn=lesley&amp;key=88293\" target=\"_blank\">What&#8217;s the big idea?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"display: inline !important;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomiclearning.com\/highed\/almovie?sid=2463&amp;cn=lesley&amp;key=88294\" target=\"_blank\">What the presentation is, and what it&#8217;s not<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"display: inline !important;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomiclearning.com\/highed\/almovie?sid=2463&amp;cn=lesley&amp;key=88295\" target=\"_blank\">The visual presentation of information<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>B. Getting Started<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomiclearning.com\/highed\/almovie?sid=2463&amp;cn=lesley&amp;key=88296\" target=\"_blank\">Presentation design and process<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomiclearning.com\/highed\/almovie?sid=2463&amp;cn=lesley&amp;key=88297\" target=\"_blank\">Outlining and Storyboarding<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomiclearning.com\/highed\/almovie?sid=2463&amp;cn=lesley&amp;key=88298\" target=\"_blank\">Make it real<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomiclearning.com\/highed\/almovie?sid=2463&amp;cn=lesley&amp;key=88299\" target=\"_blank\">Using themes and templates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomiclearning.com\/highed\/almovie?sid=2463&amp;cn=lesley&amp;key=88300\" target=\"_blank\">Using color<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomiclearning.com\/highed\/almovie?sid=2463&amp;cn=lesley&amp;key=88301\" target=\"_blank\">Using text<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomiclearning.com\/highed\/almovie?sid=2463&amp;cn=lesley&amp;key=88302\">Making text clear and concise<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>C. Communicating<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomiclearning.com\/highed\/almovie?sid=2463&amp;cn=lesley&amp;key=88303\" target=\"_blank\">Finding images<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomiclearning.com\/highed\/almovie?sid=2463&amp;cn=lesley&amp;key=88304\" target=\"_blank\">Using images<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomiclearning.com\/highed\/almovie?sid=2463&amp;cn=lesley&amp;key=88305\" target=\"_blank\">Using graphics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomiclearning.com\/highed\/almovie?sid=2463&amp;cn=lesley&amp;key=88306\" target=\"_blank\">Using video<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomiclearning.com\/highed\/almovie?sid=2463&amp;cn=lesley&amp;key=88307\" target=\"_blank\">Using audio<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomiclearning.com\/highed\/almovie?sid=2463&amp;cn=lesley&amp;key=88308\" target=\"_blank\">Logos<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>D. Telling the Story<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomiclearning.com\/highed\/almovie?sid=2463&amp;cn=lesley&amp;key=88309\" target=\"_blank\">Organizing the story<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomiclearning.com\/highed\/almovie?sid=2463&amp;cn=lesley&amp;key=88310\" target=\"_blank\">Using animations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomiclearning.com\/highed\/almovie?sid=2463&amp;cn=lesley&amp;key=88311\" target=\"_blank\">Using transitions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>E. Getting Ready for Delivery<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomiclearning.com\/highed\/almovie?sid=2463&amp;cn=lesley&amp;key=88312\" target=\"_blank\">Creating presenter&#8217;s notes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomiclearning.com\/highed\/almovie?sid=2463&amp;cn=lesley&amp;key=88313\" target=\"_blank\">Creating handouts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>F. Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomiclearning.com\/highed\/almovie?sid=2463&amp;cn=lesley&amp;key=88314\" target=\"_blank\">Download: Handout and scripts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atomic Learning has created the 12 Days of Learning, a series of articles designed to kick off resolutions to keep learning in the new year. We thought this was a great idea and have decided borrow (shamelessly steal) it and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/2015\/12\/19\/12-days-of-learning-designing-presentations\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[224],"tags":[318,114,146],"class_list":["post-2482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-presentations-2","tag-12days","tag-presentations","tag-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2482"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2485,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482\/revisions\/2485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}