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• your audience reads your slide before you talk about it

• people tend to put a lot of text in each line

• bullet points are not inspiring and boring• each line looks the same - hard to

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BULLET POINTS ARE BAD PRACTICE

SEE THE DIFFERENCE?

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TIP #1 prefer dedicated slides

over bullet points

TIP #1 prefer dedicated slides

over bullet pointsin this slide-deck each tip is on a different slide

TIP #2 favour icons over text

TIP #2 favour icons over text

helps your audience remember the message

TIP #3 try different visual layouts

TIP #3 try different visual layoutscaptures the attention of the audience

PHOTOS WORK AS WELL

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PLAY WITH DIFFERENT VISUALS

IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE

DON’T LET YOUR SLIDES BLEED!

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