I think pages 11- 13 offer great rules to beginners on how to make great presentations, from brochures to PowerPoint. I think if you are going to teach someone how to use PowerPoint, giving them this checklist is a wonderful idea!

5.2 Icons

I'm glad I scrolled down and was able to see this. For my business class I have to out a poster together about myself. I have been using different icons to describe myself. For example, I used the feminist icon to show I am an activist. I think icons are a great way of communication. They are the hieroglyphics of our time: emojis.

4.1 In general, avoind using pictures that are sticalty decorative.

I can agree to this to s certain extent. Like with my Amendment 2 info graph, I added a check and x to label the yes or no vote. Professor Wharton pointed out while this was a little decorative, it was necessary, as if I had just put green vs red, color blindness could be a problem

3.6 So fifty is the golden number?

3.4 Avoid setting type in all caps.

I have seen this work before but it was only because the font was really small.

COLOR, POSITION, SIZE, COMPLEXITY, TONAL CONTRAST

Here, Williams breaks down details to pay attention to. I feel like if we were doing the website over again this would be a great checklist that we could use. Since we are not, I still think it is good when addressing the newsletter, but that's not my assignment.

2 ) Designing display arrangements

I think William's argument can go back to the article on fonts by Janie and how space can be used in different ways. For example, Janie gave the example of negative space with the swan restaurant sign. I think having a black background can be appropriate, in some situations.

Okay first thing is first I hate that I cannot highlight/annotate a specific section

Avoid busy or distracting backgrounds

This is a pet peeve of mine! One group did this and I think they could use some constructive criticism as to how to use fewer and less busy backgrounds.

"Make sure that the visual elements in your display are large enough to be seen"

Often when I go onto blogs on tumblr, I find this is a problem with some themes.