Principles for effective slides

Not every presentation needs slides, but when they earn their place, they work as a visual channel that complements the speaker rather than replacing them. This article sets out the principles that follow from that idea — control over the rate of knowledge exposition, tight coupling between slides and speaker, minimalism by default, visuals that say more than words can, and never sending your slides out in advance.

30 September 2026

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