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Effective Presentations

Follow along and interact with the slides below if you want:

Watch the session on YouTube.


Key points from slides:

  • Less is More
    • Don’t overwhelm with volume of words
    • Don’t blind people with science; keep it simple
  • High contrast – use high contrast between text and background
  • Humans are easily overwhelmed by too much information. When deciding how to organize:
    • Maximum of 6 points per slide
    • 3-5 data classes per visual
  • Many visualization tools can be found linked from the data visualization subject guide.