I’ll never forget when I was sitting next to a British gentleman – interpreting for him – in a meeting full of Japanese businessmen…
When the Japanese presenter showed one particular slide, the British gentleman turned to me and said, “Jesus Christ! I don’t know where to look!”
He was overwhelmed because the slide was full of text and so confusing.
Now, if you use PowerPoint slides in your work presentations, how much time do you spend creating them?
How confident are you about your message clarity? Is your audience easily persuaded by your presentation?
In fact, a survey that I conducted showed that the #1 problem that audiences saw with presentations in Japan was too much text on the slides.
So I always encourage clients to declutter their slides.
Extra inspiration came to me one day while I was having fun decluttering my home, listening to a great audiobook: Decluttering At The Speed Of Life by Dana K. White.
That suddenly made me consider how to apply the idea of decluttering to PowerPoint using the Japanese concept of danshari, which literally means “refuse, dispose, separate.”
In Episode 94 of the Sasuga! Podcast, you’ll hear
- Exactly what to “refuse,” “dispose of,” and “separate from” the next time you create PowerPoint slides
- How to overcome the worry that you’ll forget what to say if you don’t put it all on the slides
- An easy tweak to be more concise, so that you can get your message across clearly and convincingly
Enjoy!
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