Why is this important? Visuals can provide necessary emphasis, context and illumination of your points We have grown accustomed to business and academic presentations delivered in classic PPT style Slide after slide of bulleted lists, in topic/subtopic fashion, with a little clip art and maybe some animations tossed in In fact, it may be strange for most of us to consider giving a presentation without the use of slides In a few minutes I will show a βvisual aidβ that helped created an enormous company β no ppt required But mostly, this talk is on visual aid design in the ppt context, as 95% of the presentations you will do or attend will use this tool Most presentations given in PPT are of poor quality (I have given many of them myself), but the good news is that you have an opportunity to differentiate yourself. The standard is pretty low. I will focus on a few main areas where visual design of ppt material can be improved β easy with practice, big impact, memorable Simplicity Animation Imagery Charts Color Fonts Multimedia