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> Also a lot of bullet points are bad > Slides should have maybe a sentence of text at most Proceeds to have slides with many bullet points and more than several sentences of text per. I don't find issue with the slides as they are but if you're going to make arbitrary rules why not follow them yourself?
> Also a lot of bullet points are bad > Slides should have maybe a sentence of text at most Proceeds to have slides with many bullet points and more than several sentences of text per. I don't find issue with the slides as they are but if you're going to make arbitrary rules why not follow them yourself?
I want to watch the presentation, is there a recording, does anyone know? When the Overview slide starts with "Don’t do overview slides, it’s bad practice", I feel like I'm missing quite some context here.
> Why does anyone need to know what order you’re going to present things in. I agree with the sentiment, and many talks do this really badly ("Here is our outline, we start with an introduction, and end with a summary"), but it is worth mentioning that the alternative isn't no structure at all, but trying to convey a bigger picture to your audience for them to anchor each section in once you actually start your talk.…
2. Tell them
3. Tell them what you told them
The key is that 1 and 3 shall have a suitable proportion of length to 2. Bad presentations just rattle down the index point by point. That sucks. The introduction is there to tell them what they will hear, some of the context needed to understand it and why it matters. It is best to see this as a way to make the crowd perceptible for the actual content, a bit like everything that happens at a good restaurant before the main dish is served.
This doesn't mean you need to give away the most interesting bits (results) in the beginning. But it would be good to tease them a little by focusing on the question, or surprising factoids that emerged through the research. Ask yourself the question whether the introduction serves the middle part and if it does not, adjust it or remove it.
In the end there are infinite ways to structure a presentation, the most important bit is to know the purpose of each part and then ensure the part fullfills it.
I want to watch the presentation, is there a recording, does anyone know? When the Overview slide starts with "Don’t do overview slides, it’s bad practice", I feel like I'm missing quite some context here.
Pretty sure Apple does not use slides at all, just briefs
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I haven't seen the associated talk, but (a) I would imagine the author chuckled while reading this, because it's sort of a joke among scholars, and (b) the point is likely focused much more on the context of presenting research (e.g., at conferences) rather than a blanket ironclad rule for all presentations you ever make ever. While I think there's some validity to your point that the author's presentation suffers ex…
Yeah I’m the author, this was a joke. I also wanted to convey to the students in the room that this was not a high quality presentation, more so text just converted into presentation form.
Thanks for this, by the way! It's a lovely resource!