Choose your words. Carefully.
Having previously suggested that the amount of text should be kept within certain limits, at the other end of the scale we have the crime of using too few words.
Let’s just clarify that. Not necessarily too few words, but too few meaningless words.
It’s all very well being minimalist, but what’s the point of a slide that says nothing?
There are 5 points on this slide. They say nothing that the audience will remember.
- What is it about the results in 2002 and 2003?
- What’s increased?
- How has performance changed?
- How high are the targets?
More than likely, these points are prompts for the presenter. They would have been better as titles, with nice simple graphics or statements to illustrate the point.
Guideline 4 = Make sure your slide has a message for the audience, not just the presenter
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