MS PPT & Apple Keynotes are Tools for the Visually Untrained.
MS PPT & Apple Keynotes are Tools for the
Visually Untrained,
Unskilled or Simply Illiterate
my father show me how to use his Bell & Howell 35 mm slide projector in 1956 when I was only 12 years ago. Soon after that the 3rd grade teacher at my elementary school walked into my 6th grade classroom and asked who among us students knew how to work with a slide projector.
Thus my visual aids career began.
In high school I chose a Visual Aids class as one of my electives and began to learn how to use movie projectors, overhead projectors, reel to reel players and recorders.
Throughout my college, university studies from 1962 to when I completed my doctorate in 1983 I continued to learn how to use various types of visual aid equipment.
Since 1984 I have been ever expanding my visual aid tool knowledge thru a couple types of PCs before buying my first Apple MacIntosh Classic and the following 11 Apples I have had since.
I refused to use MS PowerPoint for a few years because most of the visual presentations I saw by managers and speakers were crap. Poorly designed.
One of my masters degrees was in VISUAL COMMUNICATION.
I started doing graphic design when I was 16.
In most the 9 architectural firms, 1 interior design and my own design companies I have been responsible for visual presentations (2, 3, and 4 dimensional)
3M published a small pamphlet in the 1940s or 50s that told people how to create better visual slides.
few words, controlled numbers of typefaces, colors of type, recommend type sizes
generally no more than 6 words per line
no more than 6 lines per slide
yet still most people who use MS PowerPoint rely on the automatic crappy templates.
most people I have seen using Apple Keynotes use too many bells and whistles which ends up annoying audiences.
I started using MS PPT in 2003 when I bought my first brand new OS Apple laptop after I discovered how to...
Delete or not use any of the trite or badly designed MS PPT templates
Create my own templates.
When the bestselling PRESENTATION ZEN or ZEN of PRESENTATION book first came out I read it and it was a nice overview and reminder of some things I learned through experience, in school and from many other design books from 1962 to when Zen was released.
My main objection with ZEN book and the very, very few design concepts it claims to be THE way to design visuals.
There many ways of designing 2 dimensional visuals to be used as tools not in place of excellent presentations.
TELL ME
SHOW ME
INVOLVE ME
REACH ME
are forms of ways I choose from to create a PRESENTATION or LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
Visually Untrained,
Unskilled or Simply Illiterate
my father show me how to use his Bell & Howell 35 mm slide projector in 1956 when I was only 12 years ago. Soon after that the 3rd grade teacher at my elementary school walked into my 6th grade classroom and asked who among us students knew how to work with a slide projector.
Thus my visual aids career began.
In high school I chose a Visual Aids class as one of my electives and began to learn how to use movie projectors, overhead projectors, reel to reel players and recorders.
Throughout my college, university studies from 1962 to when I completed my doctorate in 1983 I continued to learn how to use various types of visual aid equipment.
Since 1984 I have been ever expanding my visual aid tool knowledge thru a couple types of PCs before buying my first Apple MacIntosh Classic and the following 11 Apples I have had since.
I refused to use MS PowerPoint for a few years because most of the visual presentations I saw by managers and speakers were crap. Poorly designed.
One of my masters degrees was in VISUAL COMMUNICATION.
I started doing graphic design when I was 16.
In most the 9 architectural firms, 1 interior design and my own design companies I have been responsible for visual presentations (2, 3, and 4 dimensional)
3M published a small pamphlet in the 1940s or 50s that told people how to create better visual slides.
few words, controlled numbers of typefaces, colors of type, recommend type sizes
generally no more than 6 words per line
no more than 6 lines per slide
yet still most people who use MS PowerPoint rely on the automatic crappy templates.
most people I have seen using Apple Keynotes use too many bells and whistles which ends up annoying audiences.
I started using MS PPT in 2003 when I bought my first brand new OS Apple laptop after I discovered how to...
Delete or not use any of the trite or badly designed MS PPT templates
Create my own templates.
When the bestselling PRESENTATION ZEN or ZEN of PRESENTATION book first came out I read it and it was a nice overview and reminder of some things I learned through experience, in school and from many other design books from 1962 to when Zen was released.
My main objection with ZEN book and the very, very few design concepts it claims to be THE way to design visuals.
There many ways of designing 2 dimensional visuals to be used as tools not in place of excellent presentations.
TELL ME
SHOW ME
INVOLVE ME
REACH ME
are forms of ways I choose from to create a PRESENTATION or LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
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