Links to accompany the PowerPointLess presentation, July 2007.
Source of Inspiration:

• SlideShare
• Presentation Zen
• PZ: Clear Visuals with little text
• Changing the way the world does presentations
• FaveUp: Celebrating good design

PowerPoint Background:

• WSJ 20 year aniversary article
• Edward Tufte: Powerpoint
• RobertGaskins.com
• Sun's Scott McNealy banning PowerPoint
• Seth Godin: Really Bad PowerPoint
• Don Norman: In Defense of PPT

10 Tips for better slides:

1. Simple layout, use white space
2. Limit bullet points & text
3. Limit transitions & builds
4. Use high-quality graphics
5. Use a visual theme but avoid templates
6. Use appropriate charts
7. Use colour for style & highlight
8. Use simple fonts only
9. Use video & audio
10. Use the slide sorter to refine the flow

Visualisation Examples:

• GapMinder World, 2006
• Karl Hartig
• Web 2.0 Site Trend Map
• Mind My Map
• Edward Tufte Posters
• Linux Kernel
• Visual Complexity

Icon Libraries:

• Juniper image library
• Cisco: Network icons
• Cisco: General

Photo Image Sources:

• Yotophoto
• PicFindr
• FotoSearch
• EveryStockPhoto

MindMapping:

• Thinkature (free, mapping, collaboration)
• MindMeister (free or $4pm, mapping, collaboration)
• Gliffy (free, "visio" in a browser)
• Kayuda (free, project collaboration)
• bubbl.us (free, collaborative)
• Flowchart (free beta)
• Mindomo (free or $6pm or local host)
• CoMapping ($2pm)