Seven Deadly Sins of PowerPoint

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The Eyes Have It.

I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them. - Diane Arbus

My Life

Buying a Nikon doesn’t make you a photographer. It makes you a Nikon owner. ~Author Unknown

Winter Fog

I can't sing, I can't paint and I can't write how I feel, so all I have left is photography to express myself. - Anonymous

A Time To Reflect

Some of us cynics say that "the quickest way to make a million dollars in photography, is to start with two million dollars". - Anonymous

Mother & Child

A photograph is neither taken nor seized by force. It offers itself up. It is the photo that takes you. One must not take photos. - Henri Cartier-Bresson

Feild Sunset

Photography is a major force in explaining man to man. - Edward Steichen

Keep Focused!

One photo out of focus is a mistake, ten photo out of focus are an experimentation, one hundred photo out of focus are a style. ~Author Unknown

Fun In The Grass

"You don't take a photograph. You ask, quietly, to borrow it." - from a Pentax ad.

Changing Face Of Photography

I always thought good photos were like good jokes. If you have to explain it, it just isn't that good. - Anonymous

Fruit Picking In Mexico

Every time someone tells me how sharp my photos are, I assume that it isn't a very interesting photograph. If it were, they would have more to say. ~Author Unknown

Coca Cultivation - Colombia

I didn't want to tell the tree or weed what it was. I wanted it to tell me something and through me express its meaning in nature. ~Wynn Bullock

The New Picasso - Brazil

All photographs are there to remind us of what we forget. In this they are the opposite of paintings. Paintings record what the painter remembers. Each one of us forgets different things, a photo may change its meaning according to who is looking at it. ~John Berger

Seven Deadly Sins of PowerPoint

Too few slides
Too many words
No ‘road signs’ (where are you going?)
Reliance on gimmicks (skip sound effects)
Ignoring design
Not rehearsing
Forgetting your audience
Limit fonts used
Use a heavy font
Avoid stock templates
3-7 bullets per page
A bullet is 2-5 words
Readability test, (stand 15 feet away from the screen, can you read it (easily)
Design for the back of the room
Create your own templates
Use builds or simple animations to bring bullets on line by line
Justification & capitalization (be consistent)
Consider screen vs. print
Use transparency
Ease to change
With multiple presenters, utilize a style guide and templates

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