I’ve written an entire blog post (with before and after makeovers) about why PowerPoint’s SmartArt is not a good visual. They will never help you end #DeathByPowerpoint, and one of the first things to do when you’re ready to make better presentations is to stop using them.Īnd PowerPoint SmartArt is a type of template-you shouldn’t use those either. Take a look at this slide with a word cloud: Until I realized they were just a way to cram even more text into my slides. I thought they were the coolest things ever. I’ll focus on one as an example: word clouds. I just want to make sure you’re able to go through your presentations and delete the bad visuals you have in there. So, I’m not making fun of you (it’s not my style). Use Office clip art and PowerPoint SmartArt. Pay a lot of money for cheesy stock photos of white people, or Plus, until 2014 or so we had one of two options: How were we supposed to know what visuals to use in our presentations? It’s not like we get trained on this in grad school! I’ve used every single one of those visuals in my presentations before. Most modern forms of vector/digital clip artĭid you see something on the list that you use?ĭon’t feel embarrassed. Many participants share that some of their favorite visuals are on my list of visuals to avoid. Most people think I’m talking about things like cheesy stock photos.Īnd, they’re not wrong-those are bad visuals.īut during my presentation workshops, professionals are always shocked at the examples I provide of “bad” visuals. That includes me, several years ago.Ĭhances are high that you are, too, and you don’t even realize it. Well, most academics, scientists, and educators are using visuals that don’t make an impact. All of those things sound like they would hurt your chances of making an impact, right? I’m guessing you’re nodding your head in agreement.
Visuals DON’T make an impact when they are: What goals, you ask? Getting your audience to pay attention, understand, remember, and use your information.Ī bad visual is one that makes it less likely for you to achieve those goals.
bad visuals-what is the difference?Ī good visual is one that makes it more likely for you to achieve those above goals. bad visuals, and then I’ll share ideas for 7 types of visuals you can use in your presentations. Let’s talk more about the difference between good vs. So here’s something you might not know: It’s not just about having any visual in your slides-you need to have good visuals.Ī bad visual doesn’t achieve those goals, either. Echo Rivera and I help academics, scientists, and educators create engaging presentations.Īlthough this post is exclusively about visuals, it’s important that you reduce the amount of text you have on your slides, so you have room for great visuals.īut you probably know that presentations need visuals, right? That’s why you’re here, reading this post. Giant walls of text do not help you achieve any of those goals.
Using great visuals is one of the easiest and most effective ways to get your audience to: If you’re an academic, scientists, or educator who wants to make better presentations, then you need to use good visuals in your presentations. If I had to sum up the cause of #DeathByPowerpoint in a few words it would be: Too much text, too few good visuals. Are you ready to make visual presentations?
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