Chapter 1: They Snooze, You Loose

Running head: CHAPTER ONE “THEY SNOOZE YOU LOSE”



Chapter One “They Snooze You Lose”
April Canales-Perez
EDTC 6340.66 Applications of Technologies
Linda Newell





Running head: CHAPTER ONE “THEY SNOOZE YOU LOSE”
Chapter One

Chapter 1 of "They Snooze You Lose" focused on how templates, color, and type impact presentations. The section of templates informs us not to use prepared templates offered by power point software, but for us to identify what is really needed to get our points across. Color is supposed to boost people's willingness to read what is on a power point. Presenters are to stay away from the white background and black text, but also keeping in mind what color schemes will attract the eye better. Choose colors that grab attention like yellow and red, and pair them with a cool color for the background. We must also stay away from dark colored slides or images due to not knowing how LCD projectors will project the image. When entering body text we must be cautious as to not fill the entire slide with words. Burke reminds the reader that John Medina points out that the average power point slide contains forty words. Presenters need to focus on photographic images that will keep audiences captivated by what is being presented to them. Fonts should be kept to a minimum on each slide. Stick to serif for headings, which will be easier to read because of bigger fonts and sans serif for body text, which will be easier to read with the smaller font. To make the content on slides easier to read keep text aligned to the left and only capitalizing the first word of the statement being made.

I found the first chapter of "They Snooze You Lose" to be very amusing. Most of the things that Burmark mentioned not to do I have done in previous presentations. I never thought so many things could affect the effect the presentation and the audience. I do agree that too much information on a slide deficits the purpose of having the presenter there if he or she is going to read everything that is on the slides even more so if the handouts were given to the audience. We wouldn’t need to take notes or listen to the presenter because all information would be on the handouts. As presenters we need to realize that we are giving the information not the power point.




Burmark, L. (2011). They snooze you lose: The educator’s guide to successful presentations.
San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass