Creating Effective Presentation Slides

Jean-luc Doumont

When attending a conference, scientists are typically exposed to hundreds of slides, most of which are highly ineffective. Here’s how to make your slides a powerful component of a successful presentation.

 

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Who among us has never had to sit through a boring presentation and endure a long sequence of similar-looking slides cluttered with busy graphs, large tables, detailed equations, complex diagrams or endless bulleted lists—not to mention aggressive background images, irrelevant clip art and asphyxiating corporate branding?

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