Popular Posts
Free Email Updates
Get exclusive content first delivered directly to your inbox: - See more at:
Let’s Be Friends
Professional PowerPoint Presentation - Working on Visual elements
Both empirical and experimentation results confirm that as soon as a child is born, it starts observing and understanding the world with the help of visual cues. Renowned psychologist Albert Mehrabian claimed and demonstrated that around 93% of all type of communication is nonverbal. Again, both empirical and experimentation results confirm that a human brain can decipher visual elements simultaneously, while decoding language.
It has been established that human mind reacts differently to visual stimuli. Visuals are known to provide strong emotional connotations along with information. Complemented with emotional connotations your message can very easily be communicated to your audience, and this message is usually stronger than bare verbal communication. Following are a few PowerPoint presentations tip on incorporating presentation charts and graphs and other visual elements in your PowerPoint background templates:
Graphics:
Use powerful graphics to convey your message whenever possibleThis will be much more effective than bare text.
Use unique graphics in your PowerPoint presentationsYou can either use Microsoft PowerPoint templates or hire graphic designers. It’s a good idea to train yourself or your staff in basic visual editing.
Use powerful but simple visualsDon’t confuse your audience with superfluous visuals.
Include images with emotional appeal in your presentations to increase their acceptance Slide backgroundIf you are using Microsoft PowerPoint themes, keep those simple as simple backgrounds keep your text readable. If you are using dark or black PowerPoint background templates, make the text bold.
Use contrastYour PowerPoint background templates should have proper contrast. It should contain light on dark or dark on light.
Presentation Charts and GraphsTo make your presentations visually arresting, use presentation Charts and Graphs in your presentations. This adds higher visual recall to your content.
Text:
Font sizeUse text that is large enough and legible to each and every person sitting in front of you.
For subtitles a font size of 28 to 34 with a bold font is appropriate. On the other hand, the title default size of 44 is ideal. All premium providers of Microsoft PowerPoint themes take care of these aspects for you.
Quality of your textUse text sparingly as you scarcely need more than six-seven lines of text on a slide. Your experience tells that most of the times only a couple of lines are sufficient. Sans-serif fonts like Helvetica etc are easier to read at a distance than serif fonts like Times New Roman etc.
Following these tips, you can make optimal use of visuals in your presentations for effective PowerPoint presentations.
