Re:Crap I'm speaking at [insert conference here]. How do I p...
by saraid216 on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @04:14PM
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TeMPoraL's comment comes close to my response, but it's not quite what I'd say:
A slide deck is a visual aid. Its only purpose is to be a visual aid. If you want your audience to take a physical memento away with them, don't be lazy: make a separate, physical memento designed to be taken away with them. Your slide deck should be useless after the fact, just like a bullet shell casing is useless after you've fired the bullet.
When you make something, make it with a singular purpose in mind and make it fulfill that purpose well. IIRC, Presentation Zen covered this fairly well; in fact, I'm pretty sure Garr Reynolds is where I got this notion to begin with.
A slide deck is a visual aid. Its only purpose is to be a visual aid. If you want your audience to take a physical memento away with them, don't be lazy: make a separate, physical memento designed to be taken away with them. Your slide deck should be useless after the fact, just like a bullet shell casing is useless after you've fired the bullet.
When you make something, make it with a singular purpose in mind and make it fulfill that purpose well. IIRC, Presentation Zen covered this fairly well; in fact, I'm pretty sure Garr Reynolds is where I got this notion to begin with.