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I agree with most of this, but I vehemently disagree with the 12 slides. Especially if you follow the rule that there is only one point on each slide, that's a
by jedberg 5y ago
I agree with most of this, but I vehemently disagree with the 12 slides. Especially if you follow the rule that there is only one point on each slide, that's an awfully shallow talk if you only have 12 points.
I've given talks all over the world and many were highly rated, and I usually average 2 slides per minute. A 40 minute talk will have almost 80 slides in it.
- ghaff 5y agoI'm usually more like one per minute or two. I have noticed that as conference talks have generally gotten a bit shorter though I haven't tended to really cut back on the number of slides. A lot depends on my style for a given presentation. I do generally keep the word density down in any case but some presentations have more supporting text than others. He does also argue for very simple slides so he's really almost arguing for not using slides at all other than to reinforce some specific points.
- cruano 5y agoIt's like the author didn't read his own advice, he says > Everyone with functioning eyesight is a visual learner. And also > Eight is the maximum number of slides you should give in a talk, whether 20 minutes or 50 minutes. So which one is it ? you want people staring at the same 12 slides over 50 minutes or you want to actually show them something ?