By: Paul Hellman
1) Too many slides; too few slides. How many should you use? I usually say ten, only because it's a finite number and it's less than 1,000.
A better answer: It depends.
It depends, for example, on whether your audience can see you. If so, use fewer slides—or none.
But if you're leading a virtual meeting, and you're invisible to the audience, change your slides every minute or so to keep things moving. The other day, I used 28 slides for a 90 minute webinar. It worked.
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2) Too many words. Venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki suggests the 10-20-30 rule: don't use more than 10 slides, don't talk more than 20 minutes, don't use less than 30 point font.
A 30 point font is large. That's good. Less words mean more attention.
Otherwise, it's as if you're talking, and ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,........................
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