If you still view your slides as a support for bulleted rivers of information, I recommend you start reading this blog from the beginning. On the other hand, if you have followed and now see your slides as something else, something you design, then this lesson can help you.

Now that we know that presentations have a lot to do with design, we can look for what designers have been saying for very long, but we never thought to apply to our businesses. I came across this quote the other day:

“Before you leave the house, take 1 thing off.”

-Coco Chanel

Think about it this way, before you settle on one slide, eliminate one element. We tend to overcrowd our slides with too much information, too many elements of decoration. When you are making your presentation, design your slides, don’t decorate them.

I’m sure you can think of other examples of quotes that can be applied to presentations.

Until next time,

Byron Stanford for Project Presentation.



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