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Presentation Development Tips

To keep your audience from feeling overwhelmed, you should keep the text on each slide short and to the point.

Some experts suggest using the 5/5/5 rule: no more than five words per line of text, five lines of text per slide, or five text-heavy slides in a row.

PowerPoint Tips: Simple Rules for Better PowerPoint Presentations (gcfglobal.org)

15 PowerPoint Tips to Make Your Slides More Effective

How to Avoid Death by PowerPoint (David J Philips/TEDxStockholm)

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