Summary of How to avoid death By PowerPoint | David JP Phillips | TEDxStockholmSalon

00:00:00 - 00:20:00

David JP Phillips gives a talk on how to make PowerPoint presentations more effective by using contrast, size, and background color to keep the audience's attention. He also suggests using six objects per slide.

• 00:00:00 David JP Phillips discusses the way that PowerPoints can look, and how easy it is for viewers to lose focus on a presentation due to boredom or lack of information. He proposes that these presentations are not as effective as they could be due to the lack of working memory for the presenter. Phillips offers advice on how to improve presentations by ensuring that all information is easily accessible and that the presenter is visually present throughout the presentation.
• 00:05:00 In this talk, David JP Phillips discusses five principles for designing effective PowerPoint slides. The first principle is to have one message per slide to keep the audience's attention on the most important points. The second principle is to use large, contrast-rich visuals to help the audience remember the information better. The third principle is to present information in an organized, vertical layout to make it easier for the audience to understand. The fourth principle is to use movement and color to attract the audience's attention. The fifth principle is to make the most important information the most visible on the slide.
• 00:10:00 David JP Phillips discusses the importance of using contrast, objects, and focus in PowerPoint presentations to help ensure that the viewer's attention is always directed where the presenter desires it to be. Phillips suggests that companies switch to using more objects in presentations to help reduce anxiety and create a sense of hope.
• 00:15:00 David JP Phillips discusses the cognitive process of counting, which takes 500% longer time and requires 500% more energy resources than just seeing. He suggests that the magical number is six, and that when you deliver PowerPoints to colleagues, you want them to go "Ahh" when you show them your slides.
• 00:20:00 David JP Phillips teaches how to avoid death by PowerPoint, focusing on contrast, size, and background color to keep the audience's attention. Six objects per slide are recommended.