In her book Slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations, Nancy Duarte (2008) says, “As communicators, learning to create visual stories that connect with our audience is becoming imperative – especially in light of global competitive pressure” (Duarte, 2008, p. xviii). Visual storytelling effectively blends text with other design elements including images, charts, graphs, white/empty space, and more.
Instructions
After reading Chapter 5: Basic Document Design (pp. 107-131) in MacRae’s Business and Professional Writing: A Basic Guide and watching Nancy Duarte’s “5 Rules for Creating Effective Presentations,” visit Slideshare.net (Links to an external site.). Slideshare is the world’s largest professional content sharing community and contains presentations on a wide variety of topics. Browse Slideshare and identify one deck of “effective” slides applying the design rules in Chapter 5 and in Duarte’s video. Identify one deck of “ineffective” slides based on the same design criteria.
On the Module 5 Discussion Forum, complete the following:
1. Post a link to the “effective” Slideshare presentation.
2. Below this link, explain how the effective presentation embodies Duarte’s 5 rules. Explain why the effective presentation applies MacRae’s concepts in Chapter 5: Basic Document Design.
3. Post a link to the “ineffective” Slideshare presentation.
4. Below this link, explain how the ineffective presentation defies Duarte’s 5 rules. Explain how the ineffective presentation ignores or misuses MacRae’s concepts in Chapter 5: Basic Document Design.
Duarte Design’s Five Rules for Presentations by Nancy Duarte:
In her book
Slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations
, Nancy
Duarte (2008) says, “As
communicators, learning to create visual stories that connect
with our audience is becoming imperative
–
especially in light of global competitive
pressure” (Duarte, 2008, p. xviii). Visual storytelling effectively blends text with other
design elements in
cluding images, charts, graphs, white/empty space, and more.
Instructions
After reading Chapter 5: Basic Document Design (pp. 107
–
131) in MacRae’s
Business
and Professional Writing: A Basic Guide
and watching Nancy Duarte’s “5 Rules for
Creating Effective
Presentations,” visit
Slideshare.net
(Links
to
an
external
site.)
.
Slideshare is the world’s largest professional content sharing community and contains
presentations on a wide variety of topics.
Browse Slideshare and identify one deck of
“effective” slides applying the design rules in Chapter 5 and in Duarte’s video. Identify
one deck of “ineffective” slides based on the same design criteria.
On the Module 5 Discussion Forum, complete the followi
ng:
1.
Post a link to the “effective” Slideshare presentation.
2.
Below this link, explain how the effective presentation embodies Duarte’s 5 rules.
Explain why the effective presentation applies MacRae’s concepts in Chapter 5:
Basic Document Design.
3.
Post a link to the “ineffective” Slideshare presentation.
4.
Below this link, explain how the ineffective presentation defies Duarte’s 5 rules.
Explain how the ineffective presentation ignores or misuses MacRae’s concepts in
Chapter 5: Basic Document Design.
Duarte Design’s Five Rules for Presentations by Nancy Duarte
:
In her book Slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations, Nancy
Duarte (2008) says, “As communicators, learning to create visual stories that connect
with our audience is becoming imperative – especially in light of global competitive
pressure” (Duarte, 2008, p. xviii). Visual storytelling effectively blends text with other
design elements including images, charts, graphs, white/empty space, and more.
Instructions
After reading Chapter 5: Basic Document Design (pp. 107-131) in MacRae’s Business
and Professional Writing: A Basic Guide and watching Nancy Duarte’s “5 Rules for
Creating Effective Presentations,” visit Slideshare.net (Links to an external site.).
Slideshare is the world’s largest professional content sharing community and contains
presentations on a wide variety of topics. Browse Slideshare and identify one deck of
“effective” slides applying the design rules in Chapter 5 and in Duarte’s video. Identify
one deck of “ineffective” slides based on the same design criteria.
On the Module 5 Discussion Forum, complete the following:
1. Post a link to the “effective” Slideshare presentation.
2. Below this link, explain how the effective presentation embodies Duarte’s 5 rules.
Explain why the effective presentation applies MacRae’s concepts in Chapter 5:
Basic Document Design.
3. Post a link to the “ineffective” Slideshare presentation.
4. Below this link, explain how the ineffective presentation defies Duarte’s 5 rules.
Explain how the ineffective presentation ignores or misuses MacRae’s concepts in
Chapter 5: Basic Document Design.
Duarte Design’s Five Rules for Presentations by Nancy Duarte: