Presentation slides have become the most misused tool in the history of communication, which is why this book is not another operating manual for PowerPoint.
That's where this book is different. It teaches how to craft slides that communicate effectively by using rules of good slide design. First and foremost, slides are a visual medium, yet most presenters make the critical mistake of treating PowerPoint like a word processor. But like all visual media, slides have design requirements that are very different from text-based tools.
Save Our Slides is the first undergraduate and professional text to articulate a detailed, systematic set of visual design rules for PowerPoint and to do so in a colorful, engaging way. This is the text that undergraduates in communication and business as well as working professionals have been waiting for. Most people know how to "make" slides, but look where that's gotten us--a well deserved backlash against ugly slides that confound the communication process rather than promote it. What's desperately needed in today's colleges and workplaces is a clear set of audience-centered design principles for PowerPoint.
In Save Our Slides, visual communication expert Dr. William Earnest does just that by carefully introducing, illustrating, and explaining his five Rules of Design, providing strategies for minimizing text use, avoiding poor color combinations, selecting appropriate clip-art, working with photographs, and more.
