The document provides tips for creating clear and concise presentations. It recommends limiting charts to half to one idea per chart and using notes or handouts to provide any additional details. Bullet points are discouraged as unnecessary. The overall message is to remove unnecessary words and details to ensure clarity and understanding for the audience.

1. CHARTS

2. ARE

3. C

4. H

5. E

6. A

7. P

8. Free, actually

14. My guideline:

15. ½ - 1 idea

16. per chart

17. (mostly)

19. ½ - 1 point

26. When writing or communicating with people, it is important, in order to ensure clarity and understanding, that the speaker or writer make a concerted effort to ensure they omit and remove any and all unnecessary words or phrases that they might have used.

28. When writing or communicating with people, it is important, in order to ensure clarity and understanding, that the speaker or writer make a concerted effort to ensure they omit and remove any and all unnecessary words or phrases that they might have used.

31. “ Brief unto others as you would have them brief unto you.”

32. “ Simplify, simplify, simplify.”

34. BUT…!

35. Handouts Are Your Friend

36. BUT…! (part 2)

37. It’s called the Notes View in Powerpoint – where you can write as many words as you want… your whole script if you’d like, for your own personal reading enjoyment… without subjecting everyone’s eyeballs to all the details. I highly recommend it. (it’s also useful if you’re putting together a briefing package for someone else to deliver…) BUT… ! (part 2)

39. This isn’t easy

40. This isn’t optional

45. That’s all I wanted to say

47. That’s all