The document discusses the concept of 'death by PowerPoint,' highlighting the negative effects of dense and wordy presentations. It advocates for a minimalist approach using the 1-7-7 rule, which recommends a single main idea per slide, a maximum of seven lines of text, and seven words per line. It emphasizes the importance of visuals over text for better retention and engagement during presentations.

2. Death by Powerpoint

3. Millions of people around the world are suffering death by powerpoint. Every day

5. Handout Data Dump Prompt

6. Presentation zen [there is another way] Right aligned

7. right visual emotional left verbal logical

8. People read faster than you talk You’re redundant

9. Would the last person to arrive please leave the lights on

10. Don’t Hide

11. Emotions [engage them] Empty space is not nothing; it is a powerful something

13. The 1-7-7 rule: What is it? Have only one main idea per slide. Insert only seven lines of text maximum. Use only seven words per line maximum. The question is though: does this work? Is this method really good advice? Is this method really an appropriate, effective “visual”? This slide has just seven bullet points!

14. Bullets kill kill Bullets

15. “ The picture superiority effect says that pictures are remembered better than words, especially when people are casually exposed for a very limited time”

16. a thousand words “ ”

19. Slides Notes Handouts [for everyone] [for you] [for them]

20. Signal vs Noise Ratio

21. Alignment Repetition Contrast Empty Space

22. Increase Retention Increase retention by 30%! Show slides for 14-21 seconds before talking about them. (University of Colorado in Bolder, 1984)

23. “ Let the image sink in first; then you can hang your message on that visual hook.” (Burmark)

24. Average attention span: 18 minutes

25. Pace Maximum 40-90 seconds per slide Better 2-3 per minute

26. 30 Minutes Min. 20 slides Optimum 60 – 90 .

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