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In a recent newsletter I received from Citrix Online they reviewed common themes amongst the top presentations from a recent SlideShare “World’s Best Presentation” contest:
1. Most use very large font sizes
2. Lots of color contrast – often a dark background with light text
3. Graphic images are big and simple – generally just one per slide
4. Each presentation tells a story
5. Images help tell the story – often critical to understanding the text
6. Text isn’t in the same place on every slide
7. Text is minimal – often just a few words per slide
8. “Down style” or regular sentences more common than headlines
9. Text and images are static, don’t scoot around the page
10. Slides don’t need audio to be understood (not always a good thing – people need a reason to listen to you, the speaker)
The contest consisted of 443 entries with the top 3 presentation receiving: An Alienware laptop, An XBox 360 with games and An Xbox 360 respectively. The judges included some of the top presenters in the world: Guy Kawasaki, Bert Decker, Garr Reynolds, and Jerry Weissman. Here are the results:
1st: Shift Happens
2nd: Meet Henry
3rd: Sustainable Food Lab
The Winning Presentation:
