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The most effective slide design are those silly meme pics. They are really good at the two points of the article: Focusing on one purpose per [pic] and reducing

• mooreds 3y ago
  I've done a presentation or two consisting entirely of images and memes. It forced me to really memorize what I was presenting because I couldn't refresh my memory from text on the slides (or, horrors, read the slide aloud). I typically don't use speaker notes. But afterwards, the slides weren't much good to the participants or to future me.
  • qznc 3y ago
    What was your goal in that presentation?
    • mooreds 3y ago
      Great question. I was trying out the format (of only images). I wanted to focus the audience on what I was saying. IIRC it was a meetup presentation so the stakes were low.
      • qznc 3y ago
        Hm, that is not the goal to me. It could be: * Entertain them. Meme pics should work great here. * Inform them. Here I would suggest to not use slides at all but rather show a document (blog post, handout, etc) which works on its own afterwards. This is also my ideal approach for these meeting presentations where everybody asks for the slides afterwards. * Persuade them with a clear call to action. Here meme pics are also better in my opinion. However, I'm quite liberal here. The "pic" could be a complex diagram. My point is make a clear single (!) statement with the slide.