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Copying over from other thread a few weeks ago:
A few thoughts:
1. structure and story is a large part of it. Write out the bullet points you want the deck to cover. Make these non-overlapping and covering the whole topic (MECE). Then make a new blank slide with each bullet as the title (this is a 'skeleton' of a deck)
2. for each slide, write the strap line (the one or two lines under the title that summarise the contents of the slide. Note, this not a taster or a 'lead in' to the slide. It should summarise all of it. You should be able to read this, understand the slide content, and then either move on or read rest of slide if you want detail.
3. text should always get smaller as you read down the slide. It signifies importance so the size and prominence should correlate with importance. Of course if you have sub headings then these should be larger but generally it is pleasing for messages to be big and prominent on top and in the detail at the bottom. It helps guide the eye if it is obvious what is most important.
4. Use simple diagrams that are easy to follow and understand. Basic things like a left to right flow or top to bottom. Or a simple cycle. Less is more here. Complex diagrams do not look clever. They just look confused. Trust me. Anyone important does not have time to understand it.
5. note whether the deck is mainly presented or read as a document. document. The former means much much less text to distract from speaker. The latter allows for more text.
6. check your slide transitions. Each slide should logically follow the previous one. It should not be a weird surprise or seem out of place.
7. related to previous: check where the eye is drawn when you click to a new slide. I have scene a diagram of 4 quadrants where the bottom right was a dark fill with white text. So the eye was drawn to the last place you want the audience to look! Make sure when you start taking, the client or audience is looking at the thing you want them to be looking at.
there’s a lot of stuff on YouTube I’ve found helpful. I like the channel @Analyst Academy for example.
I asked Gemini to scrape this channel and identify list of ideas / key skills. Plugged the list into Claude and it seems to make my presentations better. Thank you sir!
I’d like to hear others recommendations tho
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