I want you to use fewer words on your slides. So, let's do an exercise.

I'll write some VERY short stories and post them here. This is practice to develop a skill. Send me yours!  You might win a prize if I like what you send me.

Story 1

16. Motorcycle. Stern safety warning. First ride. Bike is heavy. Almost tip. Scared. Will be very careful.
Had only one minor accident in 3 years. Unusual circumstances, next story.


The end.

Grip 1. Too many words per slide. Gripe 2. Speaker reads slides.

Answer: Fewer words, no reading slides.

Use images.

Got it?


Chris Reich

Comics aren't just cartoons for kids. There are some brilliant new illustrated, graphic novels that can blow your socks off.

For example, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel or the brilliant Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware are both superb pieces of the modern "comic book". I've listed some that I've read and highly recommend at the end of this post.

If you want to be moved, learn to tell a story in fewer words and present brilliant visuals, please try any one of these books. And if you are interested in learning from the art form, read Scott McCloud's superb book, Understanding Comics.

Now to my point. Seth Godin posts today about what happens between the frames of a comic in the mind's of readers. Readers fill in emotion and thought between the frames. And I agree that we marketers tend to focus all of our ...
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It takes all kinds.

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This is an example of making a point using imagery.  No clip art. No dancing baloney. You could launch a long discussion or presentation around this one slide. Diversity? Tolerance? Marketing?

Chris Reich, Presentation Instructor

When I teach presentation, I encourage people to let go of words. Use fewer words on slides. YOU do the speaking, not PowerPoint. Use rich visuals, not dancing baloney.

This Blog will use that technique. Fewer words. Rich visuals when appropriate.

I'll include some "before and after" slides too.

Chris Reich