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by SargeDebian 906 days ago
One thing to nuance is that this style is not universally the right way to use PowerPoint in many contexts, a slide deck is the preread and the post-read notes, because it is not considered a presentation tool but a document with the concept of one idea per page at heart. In consulting, it is one of the key deliverables (though what is discussed is condensed and has moved some exhibits to an appendix section). Some clients preferred to also have a Word memo, which works well as a pre-read but doesn't have the intuitive link with the preread looking the same as the document being discussed .

Now I work at a place where everyone makes slides with fewer words, for preread, discussion and reference, and I find they're useless as a preread, because there isn't enough context.

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That’s more slides as a summary tool (following something like Barbara Minto’s approach) rather than as a presentation tool

Minto’s approach is beloved by the big 4 consultancies