Slides are Free!
I just delivered a session on designing visual slides for presentations.
Part of my job is to undo some of the participants' previous learning. People learn some funny things. I've heard it all:
- never start a sentence with a preposition
- use lots of animation to gain attention
- pretend your audience is naked
So, at the end of my session, one participant - a very senior manager - told us what she'd learned in regard to slide presentations:
Cram all the info into 10 slides.
Ten slides! Why?!!
When you cram all your info into ten slides, what happens? Think about it: the text gets smaller, the number of words gets bigger and the audience...takes a trip to Snoozeville!
Slides are free!
I advise presenters to do the opposite. Spread it all out and use more slides than you think you need.
Let's take an example. Here's a real slide a client of mine used just last month:
What you have here is four points. So, since slides are free, use four slides. I reworked it:
In slide design, less is more. Chunk up your information into small pieces and put a little information on each slide. This will greatly help your message to stick.
Part of my job is to undo some of the participants' previous learning. People learn some funny things. I've heard it all:
- never start a sentence with a preposition
- use lots of animation to gain attention
- pretend your audience is naked
So, at the end of my session, one participant - a very senior manager - told us what she'd learned in regard to slide presentations:
Cram all the info into 10 slides.
Ten slides! Why?!!
When you cram all your info into ten slides, what happens? Think about it: the text gets smaller, the number of words gets bigger and the audience...takes a trip to Snoozeville!
Slides are free!
I advise presenters to do the opposite. Spread it all out and use more slides than you think you need.
Let's take an example. Here's a real slide a client of mine used just last month:
What you have here is four points. So, since slides are free, use four slides. I reworked it:
In slide design, less is more. Chunk up your information into small pieces and put a little information on each slide. This will greatly help your message to stick.
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