From the course: Presenting Data Effectively to Inform and Inspire

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Readable, without being read

Readable, without being read

From the course: Presenting Data Effectively to Inform and Inspire

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Readable, without being read

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- You go to a presentation, and the first slide is a wall of text. You know you're in for 60 minutes of the presenter endlessly reading from their slides. So you groan a little bit to yourself, and if you're at a conference, unless the topic is mission-critical to you, you probably sneak out the back. Am I right? When you're presenting anything to anyone, you don't want your audience ignoring you and reading instead of listening. But that will happen if you have slides with a couple paragraphs of text or 16 bullet points. What are you there for if you're just going to show them slides that they should be reading? Seriously, at that point, you're just an overpaid slide advancer. You're not adding value. Oh, and you shouldn't be reading your slides either. As the presenter, you're there to tell a story, to present a message, to provide insights, to answer questions, and your presentation should reflect that. But even…

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