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Notes on my approach
Notes on my approach

I have a few guidelines for working through a project and it’s good to review and revise them on occasion to keep them relevant.

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Gary ReichardtMarch 3, 2020
The RPS Personality Model
The RPS Personality Model

Think about your loved ones: It’s easy to classify them. The clever Scissors, the confrontational Rocks, the fastidious Paper people.

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Gary ReichardtDecember 14, 2019Comment
Cross-platform consistency
Cross-platform consistency

The first step in making the move to GSlides is establishing a shared template, and unfortunately there’s more to that than uploading an existing one from PowerPoint.

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Gary ReichardtNovember 17, 2019 Comment
Just a minute
Just a minute

What right have we to expect more than one minute of anyone’s time? However, if you decide to read something, it’s reasonable to give it one minute of your time.

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Gary ReichardtJuly 26, 2019 Comments
We’re in the widescreen era now
We’re in the widescreen era now

You know those black bars that show up on either side of the screen when you present?

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Gary ReichardtMay 16, 2019 Comment
PowerPoint templates
PowerPoint templates

In some cases, a presentation will come to me with no template at all: All of the content floating free on blank white slides. 

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Gary ReichardtMay 13, 2019Comment
The shape's influence
The shape's influence

Personally, I find the hexagon transfixing and am fascinated by patterns a designer can make with them. Good use of hexagons can electrify a presentation.

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Gary ReichardtApril 16, 2019 Comment
Iconography
Iconography

First, I realized over time, that everyone processes information differently and that as a reader I may be in the minority. 

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Gary ReichardtApril 4, 2019 Comment
Bullet points
Bullet points
  1. The bullet point is here to stay

  2. We had better make the best of it

  3. The end.

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Gary ReichardtMarch 31, 2019Bullet, bullets, bullet point, bullet points, PowerPoint, presentationComment
Let me tell you about fonts
Let me tell you about fonts

[And I’ll come right to the point. You don’t need an intro trying to describe a question you might be asking yourself or an uncalled for typographic history lesson.]

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Gary ReichardtMarch 22, 2019 Comment
Color use in presentations
Color use in presentations

As an accent on shades of grey, [red] can be very useful in giving your audience one small bit of certainty in an environment of doubt.

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Gary ReichardtMarch 11, 2019PowerPoint, Keynote, Color, Presentation, Emotion, Emotional, Perception, Mood Comment
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