How Not to Use PowerPoint
如何避免製作爛投影片

There are some things I hate about power point and I figure it’s kind of my duty to point them out so here we go. Here are powerpoint common mistakes. (Uh) Number one, (uh) people tend to put every word they are going to say on their power point slides. Although this eliminates the need to memorize your talk, ultimately this makes your slides crowded, wordy, and boring. You will lose your audience’s attention before you even reach the bottom of your… uh… first slide.
Please, please don’t do that anymore, please!
我對投影片的有些東西很討厭，我想這應該是我的責任來指出那些錯誤，我們開始吧。這些都是投影片(簡報)常見的錯誤。第一，大家都是把所有要說的話放到投影片上。雖然這可以免除去背你的演講，但終究會使你的投影片擁擠、塞滿了字和無趣。在還沒有到第一頁底，你的觀眾就沒興趣了。請、請不要在這樣做了，拜託！

Number two most common… many people do not run spell “cheek.” BIG “MISTAK”!!! Nothing makes you look stupider than spelling “errs”. If it’s got a red line under it, recheck the spelling!
第二個最常見的…許多人在簡報前都沒有做拼字“cheek”(應該是check檢查)。大“MISTAK” (應該是MISTAKE錯誤) !!!沒有任何事情會比拼字“errs” (應該是errors錯誤)會讓你看起來更愚蠢的了。假如在字的下面有一條紅線，就要再檢查一下拼字！

And finally I hate this (uh)… avoid excessive bullet pointing, only bullet key points, too many bullet points and your key messages will not stand out. In fact, the term bullet point comes from people firing guns at annoying presenters. Hence, the bullet point.
最後，我討厭的是這個…避免太多的標記，只要標記重點就好了，太多的標記、你的重點就無法突顯出來了。事實上，標記(bullet point)這個名詞是來自有人開槍打那些討厭的簡報員。看看，這些標記(槍彈孔)。

(Uh) Bad color schemes, not good. Clashing background and font colors can lead to distraction, confusion, headache, nausea, vomiting, and loss of bladder control. I can’t stay on that one too long.
爛的顏色搭配，超不好的。背景和字體顏色的不協調會導致分心、混淆、頭痛、噁心、嘔吐和膀胱失禁。我不能看那張(投影片)太久。

Here’s something I’ve notices (uh) the number of powerpoint slides you have in your talk (uh) the less (uh) useful your talk actually is. Unfortunately, (uh) my presentation is right there.
這裡我注意到，你演講的投影片愈多(x軸)，對演講實際上的幫助愈少(y軸)。很不幸地，我的簡報是那裡(張數太多，位在x軸右邊最低點)

I’ve also noticed this; people love to pack data in their presentations. They shove more and more data, thinking it’s better but it’s not. The more data you have, the harder it is to read your slide and the effectiveness plummets. Now you can, (uh) you can prove the effectiveness by adding some shading and some 3D effects. Add some second order and third order effect. I know let’s add some labels that will help a lot. And then that’s pretty much every marketing slide I’ve ever seen right there. Yeah. That’s like some VP of marketing standing there going “it’s real clear in Q4”. What the hell are you talking about?
我也注意到這個，大家都喜歡將資料都塞進他們的簡報中。他們堆了愈來愈多的資料，以為這很好，但事實上卻不然。愈多的資料、讀你的投影片就愈困難，效果直降。再來，你可以加一些陰影和3D來加強效用。加上一些第二層次和第三層次線圖。我知道了，讓我們來加一些標籤、那應該有很多幫助吧。這些都是我看到的一些行銷簡報。是的。這就好像有些副總裁站在那裡說(指著左下一小角)：第四季情況實在很明朗。真不知道你在說什麼？

Now I’m into animation. People become animators of powerpoint. You can have things flying all over the place and that can be good. If you’re a visual learner that will improve the effectiveness of your performance, but if you’re easily distracted, more animations and people won’t have an idea of what you are talking about. They’re just “wow, what is cool, wow!” And there’re regions here by the way. There’s the (uh) simple but (uh) effective region. There’s the active but confusing, the (uh) effective but boring, the active and ineffective, the dull but static region, the busy but useless, the ADD region, the useful but amusing, the stupid but confusing, the dull triangle, the hyper triangle, the sleepy square, the dizzy pentagon and everything else they just call pointless motion. That slide right there took me an hour and a half to make right there. Power point can just suck the life out of you, it’s amazing.
現在我要談到模擬動畫。大家都是投影片模擬動畫的高手了。你可以讓東西飛來飛去看起來不錯。如果你是一位學視訊的，那會加強你的表現，但你會很容易分心，動畫太多、大家會不知道你在說什麼。大家都是：哇、真是好酷、哇！順便提一下，這裡有一些區塊。那是一個簡單有效的區塊。那是一個生動但混淆、有效但無趣、生動但無效、沉悶且靜態的區塊，好多但無用、ADD (attention deficit disorder 過動兒)區塊、有用且有趣、愚蠢且混淆、無聊的三角形、菱形、想睡的四方形、頭暈目眩的五邊型，這些所有的東西，都只是毫無意義的動畫。那張投影片是我花了一個半小時做的。投影片只是會把你的人生吸乾，真是不得了。

I’ve also come up with this. It’s a kind of a little science I invented called “font analysis.” Basically, the font you choose says something about who you are as a person. There’s a huge of fonts and you choose one and that says something about you. So be careful [with] the font you choose. For example, if you choose Courier New, which happens to be my favorite (uh), you’re probably organized and structured. If you choose Matis, it means you’re artistic, and if you choose Times New Roman, it means you’re lazy apathetic, unimaginative, and you always use the default.

還有這個。這是我想出來的，有點科學根據，被稱作是”字型分析”。基本上，你所選擇的字型可以顯示你是一個什麼樣的人。這麼多的字型，你選擇了一個，它可以顯示出你的一些東西。所以小心你所選擇的字型。例如，假如你選擇了Courier New，它剛好也是我喜歡的，你也許是有組織、有構想。如果你選擇了Matis，它表示著你有藝術性，如果你選擇了Times New Roman，它表示著你是懶惰、沒有感情、沒有想像力、你總是用預設值。 

Well, a lot of Times New Roman people, welcome. We have some more. (uh) If you use Freehand Script, (uh) you’re a horrible speller so you try to hide it with a hard to read font. Very smart. If you use Gothic, that means you’re very pale and you wear black. And if you choose Wingdings means you’re a nerd and you have no life. In fact, if you know what those symbols mean, you’ll never have a date. Trust me. Don’t bother.

許多用Times New Roman的人，歡迎。我們還有一些。如果你是用Freehand Script，你是一位超濫拼字的人，你是想把錯字藏起來讓人很難去看出來。如果你是用Gothic，表示你氣色慘白穿著黑衣喪服。如果你選擇的是Wingdings，表示你是個呆子人生無趣。事實上，如果你要都瞭解那些字型的意義，你就永遠沒有約會了。相信我。別研究了。    

 

 

 

 

 

Dynamic visual Aids - Five benefits of visual aids
(製作PowerPoint的好處)

  1. Increase understanding
  2. Save time
  3. Enhance retention
  4. Promote attentiveness
  5. Control nervousness

Tips for visual aids
(製作要點)

  1. Simplify text, use keywords, or easy-to-remember phrases.
  2. Max three pieces of art (clip art, pictures, photographs) per slide.
  3. Color

One color for title; One color for text
Dark background + light color for words

----4. Font

Clear fonts (avoid cursive or over artistic fonts)
Use the same font consistently

----5. Headings: 36-46 pts; Text minimum 24 pts

----6. USE UPPER AND LOWER CASE LETTER. CAPS ARE HARD TO -------READ.

Precautions about PowerPoint
(簡報時應注意事項)

  1. Face your audience at all times
  2. Focus the attention on YOU occasionally
  3. If anything can go wrong, it will!
  4. Backup your presentation.
  5. Make hard copies just in case.
  6. Don’t rely solemnly on your slides
  7. Do NOT have grammar errors

 

 
   

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