PowerPoint Presentations; Think Billboard, not Memo

While perusing Edward Tufte's forum on information presentation, one of the forum members posted this extremely useful link on presentation Do's and Don'ts.

For example, one tip is to think of how billboards are designed, not detailed memos. Billboards make simple brief statements and show a compelling picture where appropriate. Effective Powerpoint slides should do the same.

Of course, Edward Tufte rightfully cautions about the overuse of Powerpoint (better to speak to the audience and just use slides to illustrate charts or periodically for effect - Powerpoint should be a supporting player, not the main attraction). However, when Powerpoint is used, the tips in the tutorial below are invaluable.

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