Classroom 2.0 Live hosted Creating Great PowerPoints without Breaking the Law with Alvin Trusty. In this free webinar, the presenter shared many tips, resources, and pointers for developing great PowerPoint presentations.  The tips shared were not limited to PowerPoint only and could be implemented to better develop any presentation.  His links and resources can be found at http://Delicious.com/atrusty/greatppt and the webinar should be posted in the archives of Classroom 2.0 Live.

Tips to rember when designing a presentation:

• Avoid themes.
• Avoid bullets.
• Never read slides.
• Have high contrast.  Ex. Use white words black background or complimentay colors.
• Cover distractions
• Use repetition.  Show same pics over and over to reinforce ideas.
• Ensure alignment.  Even if picutures are off slightly, this minor imperfection causes an unsettling effect on the audience.
• Use proximity to establish the relationship between graphics on a page.
• Pick the perfect fonts: Use sans serif; never decorative fonts; limit to 2 fonts on a page.
• Select correct font size by measuring the computer screen diagonally in inches.  Walk back from presentation area that same number in feet.   Can you
  see text clearly?
• Use proper capitalization.  Don’t mix LoWEr Case and UpPeR CaSe.
• Limit cutesy transitions to one per page.  More is just distracting
• Do not plan for interact interaction especially at a conference.  It may not work correctly.

Recommended Readings:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Author: Robin Williams
Visual Literacy by Lynell Burmark
Why Most PowerPoint Presentations Suck byRick Altman

Info on Copyright can be found at: Http://www.ustream.tv/Recorded/1725737