• @[email protected]
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    37 months ago

    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.

    • @johannesvanderwhales
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      47 months ago

      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.