Thread by @garius

This is not wrong, but it also depends on the context I think. And is worth digging into.

Most of my talks are aimed at managers/execs these days. So I do them to work in two formats:

1) Deck-only. The "LinkedIn audience"
2) Audio-only. The "also doing emails audience" /1

https://twitter.com/Dr_Marcus_Hill/status/1414545625065082881

To do that (as talked about elsewhere) I try and take a 20/80 rule.

You will have the conclusions or lessons you need to take, on screen, on each slide. Interspaced with key bits of evidence. That's the 20. It's there for the deck-flickers. /2

During the talk, I will read these out and then fill them out with the FULL context and reasoning.

That's ultimately the meat of the lecture/talk and the added-value you get from watching it live or listening/watching back again later as audio. /3

So:

- If you just deck-flick, you get value, or are reminded of key points on review.
- If you listen after (or watch but are really only listening) you get MORE value.
- If you watch AND listen, you get most value. All the context, with the reinforcing points on screen. /4

Will CERTAINLY not claim I ever get this perfectly right. Doing presentations is hard. But following it as a general model has pretty much killed me having "presentation builder anxiety".

That bit where you just don't know where to start at all. /5

Reasonable example of that approach here, which was a thing I did for UCISA on Quiet Leadership as a CPD module for senior leaders.

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