Guidelines for Preparing Slides
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Guidelines for Preparing
Slides
SUNA speakers information
FYI prior to the conference
SUNA is no longer printing a syllabus, so
power point presentations will be
uploaded prior to the meeting for
attendees to print the handouts they’d like
to bring with them.
These will be uploaded as a PDF so that
your work is protected – registrants will
simply print these PDFs to bring on-site.
Post-conference
SUNA is now partnered with Digitell, Inc, which
will allow us to provide quality education to our
members and colleagues unable to attend our
Symposium and Conference.
The PowerPoint presentation and a digital
recording of the session will be made available
in our on-line library to those who have
attended, or pay to have access to, these
sessions. Note – The PowerPoint presentation
cannot be downloaded except as a handout.
Therefore, you do not have to worry about
attendees using your PowerPoint inappropriately.
Outline formats are Easier to Follow
Use Bullets, not numbers
Bullets imply no significant order
Use numbers only to show rank or
sequence
No More than One Topic per page
Use the 6 X 6 rule:
6 lines of text
6 words per line
Illustrations
Allow plenty of room
around borders and
illustrations
Select Readable Type Size
This is 38 point
Minimum
36 point for titles
24 for body text
This is 32
Use a Readable Typeface and Font
Use Sans serif (no curly feet) such as Arial
or universal for body text
Use serif such as Perpetua for titles only
Adjust Lettering to Discriminate or
emphasize
Make titles a larger type size that body
elements
Emphasize important statements of words
with bold, italic, underline, larger size,
or different font.
Choose color carefully
Use the same color consistently
throughout the presentation
Use light letters on a dark background
Colors
Avoid placing saturated colors (red, green, or
blue) adjacent to each other
They may create a third color where the two
colors meet
Use solid colors instead of fill
Patterns on Charts
Patterns on bars or
pie slices cause
confusion
Solid colors convey a
clear bold message
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Your slides are not your presentation
Your slides are a focus of your
presentation
Your presentation is not proof of your
thesis
You present your proof with slides to focus
interest on what you think is important
Use Silence Wisely
Recall: You have to give the audience
time to read the slide
But: Silence is uncomfortable, so you
can’t keep quiet
So: You end up reading your slide to the
audience
Which is: Usually irritating to the
audience!
Slides that should be included
The first slide, following your title slide,
should be one that has your disclosure
information on it – whether you have a
vested interest that the participant needs
to be aware of.
Slides that should be added
The last slides are a good place to add
your references as often participants want
to know where to go for further
information. Because of handouts no
longer being available in a syllabus, having
the references in the slides assists the
learner from not having to go into a Word
document to find them when these are
placed in our on-line library