Choose a presentation template that fits your meeting

Worked example

Use these starting values to work through the decision, then substitute your own inputs.

The same five facts can support different decks. A funding discussion needs problem, evidence, plan, resources and ask; a team update needs result, variance, obstacle, owner and next action. Before choosing a visual template, write the intended decision in one sentence and assign each fact to a slide purpose. If a beautiful timeline has no actual dates in the source, choose another layout rather than inventing milestones to fill it.

Test the difficult slide first

Choose the slide with the longest heading, densest chart or smallest source note. A template that handles an empty title page may fail on the slide that carries the argument. Fix that demanding case before applying the style everywhere.

1. Keep labels and units visible when changing layout; decorative changes must not remove meaning.
2. Test on the smallest screen and in the delivery format the audience will actually use.
3. Ask a reader to identify the conclusion and locate its supporting evidence without narration. Revise anything they have to guess.

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