Balancing Hearts & Minds By Tony Osime

Our PowerPoint Slides When we create PowerPoint Slides there are lots of things to consider One of these things is achieving a good balance One aspect of balance is the emotional and factual content I call this balancing hearts & minds

Current Position Most PowerPoint slides are either: Strong on facts & weak on emotion Strong on emotion & weak on facts

Most PowerPoint slides are either:

Strong on facts & weak on emotion

Strong on emotion & weak on facts

Problem Unbalanced slides tend to alienate parts of our audience I like facts & figures I want less detail

Solution Hearts Minds Logic Emotion Stories Facts Pictures Numbers With a little consideration we can add emotional balance to our slides #

The Practice After we create a slide, sit back and assess the emotional balance Add or adjust to create more emotional balance The twins at Sensi park At the center of the universe…we fry eggs

Balance: Hearts & Minds Logic Emotion Stories Facts Vision Numbers

Balance: Hearts & Minds Logic Emotion Stories Facts Vision Numbers

Balance Feels Good There is a sense of satisfaction a “…peaceful easy feeling..” when you achieve a nice emotional balance The End