{"id":863,"date":"2012-12-20T14:44:22","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T19:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cli-research\/?page_id=863"},"modified":"2013-11-25T14:17:05","modified_gmt":"2013-11-25T19:17:05","slug":"presentation-design-workshop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cli-research\/workshops-2013-14\/presentation-design-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Presentation Slide Design Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The goal of the workshop was simple: help students create presentation slides with less text and more visual aids to accompany their\u00a0presentations\u00a0to their Community Partners. \u00a0In this workshop, we analyzed real examples of student work, and focused on three core concepts:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Visual Design Basics<\/strong>: \u00a0We examined how contrast, flow, hierarchy, unity, proximity and whitespace all contribute to the overall visual\u00a0message\u00a0communicated by a slide. By reviewing the effects these techniques can have on a slide, we explored ways students can make the main point of every slide concise, clear and meaningful.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Abstract Concept Diagrams<\/strong>: If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a diagram is worth a thousand pictures. We looked at different types of flow diagrams, content matrices, and charts to help students better understand how these diagrams can be more effective at communicating overall impact than a long brick of text.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Data Visualization<\/strong>: Many project involved large and complicated data sets; however, for the purpose of the students&#8217; presentations, it was more important to communicate the <em>meaning<\/em>\u00a0of the data, rather than the bulk of it. We looked at how to simplify data for presentations, and how to add highlights to important findings to show relevant findings.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>While the workshop was\u00a0intended\u00a0to focus on the students&#8217; presentations, many of the topics also related to the creation of their research posters, which also included many concept diagrams and data visualizations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cli-research\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/227\/files\/2013\/11\/PowerPoint-Presentation-Workshop-2013-14.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Click here\u00a0to view the 2013-2014 presentation skills workshop materials<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Suggested Readings<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Confessions of a Public Speaker, Chapters 1 and 5<\/li>\n<li>Slide:ology &#8211; Abstract and Realistic Concept Diagram Schemas<\/li>\n<li>TED Talks: Presentation Design Guidelines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Technical Support Tutorials<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">For PC users<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/office.microsoft.com\/en-us\/powerpoint-help\/basic-tasks-in-powerpoint-2010-HA101824346.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">PowerPoint 2010: Basic Tasks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/office.microsoft.com\/en-us\/powerpoint-help\/what-is-a-theme-HA010338417.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">PowerPoint 2010: Themes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/office.microsoft.com\/en-us\/powerpoint-help\/video-create-charts-and-graphics-with-smartart-HA101872161.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">PowerPoint 2010: Using SmartArt<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">For Mac users<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/mac\/powerpoint\/getting-started-with-powerpoint\" target=\"_blank\">Office:mac Getting Started with PowerPoint<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mac2.microsoft.com\/help\/office\/14\/en-us\/powerpoint\/item\/f06cc115-3d61-4dbd-b636-505ef989b2d1\" target=\"_blank\">Office:mac Design with themes \u2014 Part 1: The Basics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mac2.microsoft.com\/help\/office\/14\/en-us\/powerpoint\/item\/bd56a0b6-8d52-49e9-9204-b1562c391963\" target=\"_blank\">Office:mac SmartArt Graphics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/iwork\/tutorials\/#pages-hero\" target=\"_blank\">iWork Keynote Video Tutorials<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The goal of the workshop was simple: help students create presentation slides with less text and more visual aids to accompany their\u00a0presentations\u00a0to their Community Partners. \u00a0In this workshop, we analyzed real examples of student work, and focused on three core concepts: Visual Design Basics: \u00a0We examined how contrast, flow, hierarchy, unity, proximity and whitespace all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":1301,"menu_order":35,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cli-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/863"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cli-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cli-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cli-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cli-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cli-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":865,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cli-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/863\/revisions\/865"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cli-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cli-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}