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“Stop your presentation before
it kills again!”
“Stop your presentation before
it kills again!”
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––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.
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-
ExuperyExupery
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