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2	General Considerations Content & Organization Stylistic Consistency Legibility Colors and Backgrounds Graphic Use & Placement Use of Animation
3	Content and Organization Use Graphics to reinforce content Organize presentation so that it flows naturally from start to finish Include breathing spaces for participants to ask questions
4	Consistency Stick with your background and font color schemes unless by changing them you mean to accentuate a point Place title and text consistently to maximize impact of directed changes Avoid repetitious use of sound effects and animation
5	Legibility & Fonts Use true-type fonts for easier reading Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica Bold everything Title text should be 44 point or larger Primary text should be 32-36 point Secondary text should never be smaller than 24 points
6	Colors & Backgrounds Use high contrasting colors Dark backgrounds with light text or vis-versa Avoid Red Work within color families Avoid busy backgrounds
7	Poor Background Selection Complex patterns draw attention away from your text Poor color choices make presentation hard to read
8	Graphics Use subject-appropriate graphics Use graphics to break-up monotony of slide presentation by interjecting humor and/or additional information Mix your graphical mediums Images, photos, videos, charts, graphs, etc. Do not crowd text or otherwise clutter up the slide with excessive graphics
9	Balance Follow the “Rule of 6” 6 lines of text per slide and 6 words per line Respect white space Pay attention to graphic size/placement
10	Animation Use a variety of animation effects Sound effects/bites work best when used for added emphasis rather than routine introductions Be sure that if you are using sound effects that you have sufficient speakers so the audience can hear them because nothing is less impressive than an unnoticed attention grabber
11	Questions?
12	"Too much text crowded onto..." Too much text crowded onto one slide makes it difficult for audience members to follow along with your presentation by confusing them with undifferentiated points that seemingly go on and on forever, particularly if they have difficulty reading the screen because the font is too small. Exotic animations and sounds only add to the confusion.
13	Off to the Rescue!
14	What’s wrong with this picture?
15	Additional Features Video Animation Audio Effects Charts Graphs Hyperlinks
16	Audio Clips
17	Video Clips
18	Graphs
19	Grouping Objects
20	The Relative “Centrality” of Central Asia
21	Contested Spaces
22	Thank You