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Speaker reads the slides

Speaker reads the slides 67.4% 67.4%

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Here is a very important slide with a very important heading This is the first point I want to make on this slide; it’s quite lengthy, but I’m sure you’ll bear with me as I plough my way through it. This is point number two Which has two (2) sub points Just to ram the idea home for those of you who have been rendered brain-dead by my slides thus far And … wait for it … here’s the third point in my series of interminable, babbling mumbo-jumbo, which I am going to liberally lace with jargon and TLAs!

This is the first point I want to make on this slide; it’s quite lengthy, but I’m sure you’ll bear with me as I plough my way through it.

This is point number two

Which has two (2) sub points

Just to ram the idea home for those of you who have been rendered brain-dead by my slides thus far

And … wait for it … here’s the third point in my series of interminable, babbling mumbo-jumbo, which I am going to liberally lace with jargon and TLAs!

Here is a very important slide with a very important heading This is the first point I want to make on this slide; it’s quite lengthy, but I’m sure you’ll bear with me as I plough my way through it. This is point number two Which has two (2) sub points Just to ram the idea home for those of you who have been rendered brain-dead by my slides And … wait for it … here’s the third point in my series of interminable, babbling mumbo-jumbo, which I am going to liberally lace with jargon and TLAs! Presenter uses full sentences instead of bullets on the slides

This is the first point I want to make on this slide; it’s quite lengthy, but I’m sure you’ll bear with me as I plough my way through it.

This is point number two

Which has two (2) sub points

Just to ram the idea home for those of you who have been rendered brain-dead by my slides

And … wait for it … here’s the third point in my series of interminable, babbling mumbo-jumbo, which I am going to liberally lace with jargon and TLAs!

Here is a very important slide with a very important heading This is the first point I want to make on this slide; it’s quite lengthy, but I’m sure you’ll bear with me as I plough my way through it. This is point number two Which has two (2) sub points Just to ram the idea home for those of you who have been rendered brain-dead by my slides And … wait for it … here’s the third point in my series of interminable, babbling mumbo-jumbo, which I am going to liberally lace with jargon and TLAs! 45.4% 45.4% Presenter uses full sentences instead of bullets on the slides

This is the first point I want to make on this slide; it’s quite lengthy, but I’m sure you’ll bear with me as I plough my way through it.

This is point number two

Which has two (2) sub points

Just to ram the idea home for those of you who have been rendered brain-dead by my slides

And … wait for it … here’s the third point in my series of interminable, babbling mumbo-jumbo, which I am going to liberally lace with jargon and TLAs!

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WHY DO PRESENTERS INSIST ON MAKING THEIR PRESENTATIONS INTO AN EYE TEST FOR THE PEOPLE AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM?

WHY DO PRESENTERS INSIST ON MAKING THEIR PRESENTATIONS INTO AN EYE TEST FOR THE PEOPLE AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM? Using text that is too small to read easily

WHY DO PRESENTERS INSIST ON MAKING THEIR PRESENTATIONS INTO AN EYE TEST FOR THE PEOPLE AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM? 45.0% 45.0% Using text that is too small to read easily

TOP 3 PEEVES Source: D. Paradi, Visual Slide Revolution , n=406 67.4% 67.4% Reads slides Reads slides 45.4% 45.4% Sentences Sentences 45.0% 45.0% Tiny text Tiny text

But I’m such an expert on my subject that the look-&-feel of my talks doesn’t matter! But I’m such an expert on my subject that the look-&-feel of my talks doesn’t matter!

Good luck with that approach … Good luck with that approach …

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… and let us know how it works out for you … and let us know how it works out for you