Prosperous Project Management: Color on Slides

Prosperous Project Management

Tips, techniques and pragmatic strategies for excellent Project Managers, Toastmasters and high personal achievers. Wayne Botha is a rare Project Manager, with passion for achieving results through Project Management, while improving inter-personal relationships, and developing Project Managers in the process. Wayne is a faculty member at Toastmsters Leadership Institute and Axia college of University of Phoenix.

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Color on Slides

As I have said before, plain dark text on a light background is the best option for slides. Black text on a white background has served us well in printed media for generations. Why mess with a winning formula?

Today I realized again that common sense is not that common. I saw slides with shades of flourescent yellow through green. I was suprised at how hard it is to read text in this color.

Please, please stand out from the crowd and use your common sense. Keep your fonts and color simple. Put your energy into delivering a memorable presentation with stories and photos.

Labels: Common Sense, PowerPoint

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Name: Wayne Botha

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Wayne Botha is one of those rare people who can say he is a project manager, author and speaker and mean it. He is a past Area Governor for Toastmasters International and an enthusiastic Toastmaster. Wayne is a faculty member of Toastmasters Leadership Institute and has trained audiences in South Africa, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia and the USA. With an MBA in eCommerce, and a PMP certification, Wayne is sought out to speak at Toastmasters and Project Management conferences. Wayne's colleagues and friends often tease him about his South African accent.