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“Stop your presentation before

it kills again!”

“Stop your presentation before

it kills again!”

University Writing Centerslideshare.net/tamuwc

University Writing Centerslideshare.net/tamuwc

––Kathy SierraKathy Sierra

What belongs What belongs on a slide?on a slide?

“No more than six words on a slide.

Ever.”

“No more than six words on a slide.

Ever.”––Seth GodinSeth Godin

What does notWhat does notbelong on a slide?belong on a slide?

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“I can read faster than this bozo can

speak.”

“I can read faster than this bozo can

speak.”––Guy KawasakiGuy Kawasaki

PlanningPlanning

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Baskerville

Bodoni

Caslon

Franklin Gothic

Garamond

Helvetica

Optima

Rockwell

What is most important?What is most important?

What’s secondary?What’s secondary?

And so on…And so on…

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This is Elena.This is Elena.

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Life expectancyMen 75.4Women 80.7

Life expectancyMen 75.4Women 80.7

Birth rate, 1950: 3.65Birth rate, 1950: 3.65

Birth rate, 2010: 1.21Birth rate, 2010: 1.21

What is What is essential?essential?

“A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when

there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to

take away.”

“A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when

there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to

take away.”––Antoine De Saint-Antoine De Saint-

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