Presentation design styles

June 14, 2009 in Ideas Presentability, Language : English, Slides, Speaking Tips | 6 comments

If you use PowerPoint or Keynotes or another software while you are presenting, you can choose between different styles of design.

  • Assertion-evidence slidePresentation Zen style developed by Garr Reynolds (via speakingaboutpresenting.com)
  • Classic PresentationZen
  • Lessig Method
  • Duarte Design Diagrams
  • Ethos3 story-telling style
  • Comic style
  • Pecha Kucha
  • Kawasaki Method (aka the 10/20/30 Rule)
  • Takashi Method
  • Beyond Bullet Points Method
  • The boring Bullet Point. That is the most popular and less effective method.


For description of each method, you can read two excellent blog posts

  1. PowerPoint Design Methods by Presentation Advisors

  2. The Top 7 PowerPoint slide designs by Olivia Mitchell


Also, I wrote a post on the presenter responsibility vs. the design of the slides. Are you responsible for the horrible slides?


Share with me: Witch method work best for you?


Posted by Denis François Gravel


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6 comments

  1. Kara’s avatar

    Kara on June 15, 2009 at 13:23

    Thank you for mentioning Presentation Zen in your post. I work for Peachpit Press and thought you and your readers might be interested in knowing that Garr Reynolds just released his first online streaming video, Presentation Zen: The Video, where he expands on the ideas presented in his book and blog. More info can be found here:

    http://tr.im/lFvO

  2. Jon Thomas’s avatar

    Jon Thomas on June 15, 2009 at 21:49

    Thank you for including my post!

  6. presentabilitywithdfg’s avatar

    presentabilitywithdfg on June 15, 2009 at 13:42

    Thanks for the suggestion. I was already aware of the video, but the link could be useful to my readers. More, there is a new book that Garr Reynolds is writing. It is about design. I invite my readers to read Garr post: Presentation Zen Design (the book)

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