Comments on: 14 Words on a Slide http://librarygarden.net/2009/04/01/14-words-on-a-slide/ An ongoing conversation among librarians with differing perspectives (public, academic, school, consortial, youth) but one shared goal: ensuring the health and relevance of libraries. [insert your own gardening metaphor here] Fri, 17 May 2013 18:44:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: julie http://librarygarden.net/2009/04/01/14-words-on-a-slide/#comment-2943 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:07:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2009/04/01/14-words-on-a-slide/#comment-2943 the point is to be engaging with your topic and your audience. not to use your ppt slides as your notes. do use them to back up what you’re saying, or for visual interest that (might) relate to what you’re saying. if you want your preso to be useful online, then make your notes public too.

it’s hand to ask yourself one question: would you want to sit through your preso?

]]> By: Peter Bromberg http://librarygarden.net/2009/04/01/14-words-on-a-slide/#comment-2942 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:42:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2009/04/01/14-words-on-a-slide/#comment-2942 Hey Lisa,

I was kind of suggesting that the “no fewer than 10″ rule is ridiculous. Use 50 words if that’s what it takes. As I discussed in my TTT talk, I think you can use bullets/numbers, bolding, indents, color, etc. to make a good deal of text easily scannable, and easy to absorb. A supporting image helps.

Matt Hamilton (aka the brewinlibrarian)
just sent me this link (http://www.managementconsultingnews.com/interviews/atkinson_cliff_interview.php) 
to an interview with Cliff Atkinson who wrote
Beyond Bullet Points.

Great information here! In response to the question, “What’s your view on how much information should be placed on a single PowerPoint slide?” Atkinson replies, “Actually the question should really be: How much information should be presented, both verbally and visually, given the time constraints of a presentation?”

I think I’m going to re-read this more than few times… :-) (Thanks again Matt!)

]]> By: Lisa Coats http://librarygarden.net/2009/04/01/14-words-on-a-slide/#comment-2941 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:24:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2009/04/01/14-words-on-a-slide/#comment-2941 I’m confused…is 10 even too much? Yikes, I’m in deep trouble. (12 words!)

]]> By: watzabatza http://librarygarden.net/2009/04/01/14-words-on-a-slide/#comment-2940 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:58:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2009/04/01/14-words-on-a-slide/#comment-2940 I am not genius enough to handle it. :-D c

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