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[–] sepiroth154@feddit.nl 81 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

1 out of 4, during a 2 hour lecture is much, much worse...

[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's a good presentation. The slides are supposed to be an aid, not a horizontal book.

[–] candybrie@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe for something non-technical that would be reasonable. But if you're talking to a single slide for ~30 minutes, it's unlikely to be an adequate aid for most people. Either the content is really complex and would benefit from additional slides that focus on each relevant part. Or a lot of what you're talking about isn't really represented, and people are likely to get lost without something to show what it is you're describing.

[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.world -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The aid isn't for other people, it's for the presenter. Again, a presentation is not a book.

[–] candybrie@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The aid is definitely for the audience. Otherwise, the presenter would just have some notes.

The slides don't need to be a book. But I struggle to think of a technical topic that doesn't have some visuals that would make talking about it easier to follow.

Edit: and I think it's presenters thinking the aid is for them that leads to such awful slides.