I’m more prone to making the slides be my notes, possibly with data-driven visual aids. 3-5 short bullet points per slide is usually reasonable. I don’t actually give a lot of presentations these days, though.
I take this to the extreme: my slides have little to no text, or even white space. Each slide is basically a collage for pointing at while I rant about the thing. I’m a mechanical engineer, so I also imitate the sounds the machine makes.
My issue with this is that I’d like to be able to distribute the slide deck afterwards for people who can’t attend. I’ve heard people advocate for keeping separate infosheets to accompany the presentation but I can’t be bothered usually.
If my stage performance is unnecessary, then it would be better suited as an email than a presentation. If it is necessary, then they’ll need to watch the video.
I’m not going to create the same message twice in two formats. If they disrespect my time, then I might not be a good fit for their corporate culture.
I hate these kinds of slides because I’ll come across them somewhere and be like “WHAT THE FUCK IS THE CONTEXT FOR THESE NUMBERS??? WHAT DOES THIS HALF-ASS DIAGRAM REPRESENT?” and the information I extract becomes less usable as a result.
I often won’t read PowerPoints in that style unless a recording of the presentation is available, otherwise I just pretend it doesn’t exist and get my information elsewhere because certainty ain’t optional mf.
I think if you’ve chosen your bullet points well then the point should come across through them, but if you’re looking for a higher level of detail then the slide deck is probably not gonna get you there regardless. It’s standard practice to record this type of presentation, but if you’re really wanting a deep dive, you probably want to see the supporting documents, not just an executive summary. I guess it depends on what kind of presentation we’re talking about, too, because a presentation to push info up to management is pretty different from the type someone might give at a conference.
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I’m more prone to making the slides be my notes, possibly with data-driven visual aids. 3-5 short bullet points per slide is usually reasonable. I don’t actually give a lot of presentations these days, though.
I take this to the extreme: my slides have little to no text, or even white space. Each slide is basically a collage for pointing at while I rant about the thing. I’m a mechanical engineer, so I also imitate the sounds the machine makes.
My issue with this is that I’d like to be able to distribute the slide deck afterwards for people who can’t attend. I’ve heard people advocate for keeping separate infosheets to accompany the presentation but I can’t be bothered usually.
If my stage performance is unnecessary, then it would be better suited as an email than a presentation. If it is necessary, then they’ll need to watch the video.
I’m not going to create the same message twice in two formats. If they disrespect my time, then I might not be a good fit for their corporate culture.
I hate these kinds of slides because I’ll come across them somewhere and be like “WHAT THE FUCK IS THE CONTEXT FOR THESE NUMBERS??? WHAT DOES THIS HALF-ASS DIAGRAM REPRESENT?” and the information I extract becomes less usable as a result.
I often won’t read PowerPoints in that style unless a recording of the presentation is available, otherwise I just pretend it doesn’t exist and get my information elsewhere because certainty ain’t optional mf.
I think if you’ve chosen your bullet points well then the point should come across through them, but if you’re looking for a higher level of detail then the slide deck is probably not gonna get you there regardless. It’s standard practice to record this type of presentation, but if you’re really wanting a deep dive, you probably want to see the supporting documents, not just an executive summary. I guess it depends on what kind of presentation we’re talking about, too, because a presentation to push info up to management is pretty different from the type someone might give at a conference.