MONDAY OCTOBER 13, 2008

The Trouble with Transitions, Episode 1

Cheesy slide transitions. You’ve seen them. You know them. You loathe them.

You know the ones I am talking about—Boomerang, Checkerboard, Wedge, Blinds, Newsflash and heaven forbid, Random. Speakers put them in their presentation thinking that they will somehow make the presentation more effective. Instead, they usually end up being more of a distraction.

As people begin to apply the good presentation design principles of slide:ology, we are seeing less and less of our old friends the cheesy slide transitions. . . and that’s a good thing.

Well, that is unless you are one of those transitions.

Watch the next episode, The Trouble with Transitions: Episode 2

Topic: Delivery, Design, Video
Tags: Design, humor, PowerPoint, presentation, transition, Video, Visuals

COMMENTS (3)

Stephanie Urmeneta

^{October 13th, 2008

3:07 pm}

Making that was too funny! Thanks for posting.

Paula Tesch

^{October 13th, 2008

3:20 pm}

i can’t wait for the other episodes! and better yet…BLOOPERS. man oh man.

btw, i almost forgot how awesome the costumes were. honestly, who can make working (ish) blinds out of foam core? eric, you are costume king.

Steve L

^{November 4th, 2008

1:20 pm}

I thought these were good but would have worked better as one video, concentrating on the Transitions.

The opening bit with the guy presenting didn’t add anything. Why not just go to the Transitions in the green room?

Anyway, it was a good idea and must have been fun to film.

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