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I once made a presentation that was much more self-contained than this. Everything wanted to say was spelt out in plain English. The take-home message in each slide was color coded and simplified to levels you could deliver to VCs. The title matched the contents (unlike yours it seems to me) by claiming no more and no less than the contents. The outline and flow of the presentation was made explicit after section.

Then I received the feedback. While I was seeing nods from several people during the presentation, many people later reported that they could not understand one single thing.

I learned presentation skills that day (i.e., this experience taught me the same).

Imagine surveying all the audience members about percentage of the material they absorbed from your presentation and averaging across people. If you think the number would be more than say 30%, I do not think you know typical audience well.

PS: Please see these as constructive comments.




> The title matched the contents (unlike yours it seems to me)

How do you think my title differs from the contents? As far as I can tell, it is completely accurate.




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