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I recently discovered that the most successful slide decks that I've pitched to upper management are eerily similar in style and verbiage to my kids' cardboard
by Balgair 4y ago
I recently discovered that the most successful slide decks that I've pitched to upper management are eerily similar in style and verbiage to my kids' cardboard books. The higher up I go in an org chart, the lower down I seem to go in grade level. More pictures, bold primary colors, little text, etc. It's likely just some strange coincidence of my evolving style in .ppt, of course
- yamtaddle 4y agoI've been told by folks at a Big 3 management consulting firm that everything for the c-suite has to be in Powerpoint—no matter how inappropriate that is for the material—and written like it's for a child, or they flat-out won't read it. Yes, read it. The decks mostly aren't intended to ever be presented, just read.
- Balgair 4y agoDall-E and thenounproject.com have been such a boon for me. Simple, colorful graphics really add that little bit of spice to the presentation. GPT-3 and the grade-reading-report feature in word also help hone in on the right style. I wonder if execs think that running companies is so easy because they get such a dumbed-down report about the company all the time. They know it's all at such a limited reading level, but think that their underlings are actually that stupid.