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IVPresenting & Persuasionchecked 92 days ago11 min read

Six Rules for Slides (and PowerPoint's Bad Defaults)

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One real slide, redesigned — before and after — following the six rules

Before thisPS-01 The Skeleton of a Talk: Message → Structure → Slides, In That Order
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  1. 01The software is actively working against you
  2. 02The principle underneath all six: the slide is not your notes
  3. 03Rule 1 — One idea per slide
  4. 04Rule 2 — Kill the bullet points (mostly)
  5. 05Rule 3 — Headlines, not labels
  6. 06Rule 4 — More space than you're comfortable with
  7. 07Rule 5 — Readable from the back, in one glance
  8. 08Rule 6 — One visual system, decided once
  9. 09The redesign, in practice
  10. ▶The video and audio versions
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