How to Design TED Worthy Presentation Slides: Presentation Design Principles from the Best TED Talks (How to Give a TED Talk Book 2) by Akash Karia

Author:Akash Karia
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: AkashKaria.com
Published: 2014-07-18T05:00:00+00:00

UTILIZE THE POWER OF EMPTY SPACE

What you leave out of a slide is just as important as what you put on it. Great designers know the power of empty space. Empty space isn’t just something to be filled. Instead, empty space gives balance to the different elements on your slide. It allows breathing room between the different elements. It creates a sense of balance and naturalness.

Unfortunately, a lot of presenters don’t appreciate the power of empty space. They fill their slides up with as many different elements as possible – logos, pictures, text, graphs, charts. The result is a slide that is too cluttered and noisy. Cluttered slides quickly tire the eyes and send your audience members to sleep.

Don’t be tempted to fill your entire slide up. Instead of cluttering your slides up with lots of images, text, logos and charts, allow your slides to breathe. For example, check out the slide below from Brene Brown’s TED talk on “The power of vulnerability” (http://bit.ly/18hczvp). Notice how the slide contains a simple image, only two words and plenty of empty space. It’s a simple, non-cluttered slide, which is what makes it visually appealing.

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