Presentations and Printouts
by DanOne of the critiques we got from UX Week was about the handouts that accompanied the presentations. Many noted that without the speaker’s accompanying presentation, some of the slides were nearly useless.
I know this is true of my slides. I try, when possible, to make my slides to be an accompaniment to what I’m saying, not what I’m saying (the standard bullet point slides). This is what most respected sites on public speaking recommend, in fact. But this presents a conundrum when you give out the slides. Do you make them more meaningful (more words, less imagery) and thus make what you are saying less important? Do you create a separate set of slides with more words? Do you publish your notes?
Marc Rettig in some of his presentation handouts (3 MB pdf) adds written notes before publishing them. But then, what if you wanted to repeat your material? It’s a tough problem.
Anyone have any suggestions?
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