Slide design Keep it – Simple – Visible – Legible – Understandable Additional literature – Hearst (2003) Information Visualization: Principles, Promise, and Pragmatics 1 Photo: LIFE free-best-wallpaper.com

Keep it simple One message per slide Combine text and illustration Don’t fill it up 2

HEALTH CARE LEVEL PRIMARY SECONDARY OTHER SECTORS: -Environment -Civil Administration -Transport -Education Routine Health Information System Community Level TERTIARY Patient/Client contact Referred patients First level care unit District Hospital Referred patients Regional Hospital Regional Health Management Team Referred patients National Hospital University Hospital Ministry of Health Universities Other Health Institutions INDIVIDUAL CARE MANANAGEMENT HEALTH UNIT MANAGEMEET SYSTEM MANAGEMENT DISTRICT LEVEL REGIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL LEVEL HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEM NON-ROUTINE DATA COLLECTION METHODS CATCHMENT AREA POPULATION District Health Management Team

Keep it visible 4 Sharp contrasts – Black on white – White on black – Never colour on colour – Never say never Minimum 18 points font size Also in graphs and illustrations – 14 points for references which the audience does not need to read during presentation

Use legible fonts 5 T Serifs tie letters together into words – High resolution display or print Low resolution screens and projectors:  Fonts without (sans) serifs are clearer T

Keep it legible 1 – 7 – 7 1 message per slide Max 7 lines Max 7 words per line When writing text on a slide, don’t include commas or other punctuation; rather divide your sentence into short one liners, and when presenting, say the conjunctions and other words which tie the one liners together Emphasize by bold face – Not by underlining 6

Keep it understandable Self explaining graphics Consistent fonts 7 Poor data quality Poor information use No feedback Good data quality Information use Feedback Change Peer learning Participation Guidelines Incentive mechanism

8 STRATEGIC PLAN RESULTSACTIVITIES RAW DATA Information subsystems Forms, registers, etc M&E mechanisms INDICATORS Internal accountability Vision Mission Priority Actions External accountability ACTION PLAN What do the five types of arrows mean?