Happy Friday! For this weeks presentation tip, we're going to be talking about the importance of having one point per slide:

Having too much information on your slide leaves your audience to take away different things instead of one cohesive message. It leaves them with trying to capture too much information to the point of mental exhaustion and frustration that they're not able to note enough of the necessary points. One of the biggest PowerPoint trends is to have One-Point-Per-Slide; so lets dish out those 3 simple reasons!

1. People can only retain so much information:

It's a fact that your audience will/can only remember pieces of your presentation. So, condense your idea into one point in order to make sure that they are taking away the same message you aim to deliver.

2. People came to hear you:

In the past, there used to be the idea that people came to hear presentations to read and digest slides full of information. Those days are gone! People want to be moved; they're attracted to honesty, emotion and stories! They want to be moved.

Providing one point per slide allows the audience to quickly digest the information on the screen, while also placing their attention back to you!

3. Too much information will bore your audience:

As the phenomenon known as “death by PowerPoint” goes, one of the biggest fears of a presenter is that their audience may feel disconnected or bored throughout the presentation. Having one per slide is your solution to this problem as only including one point per slide provides you some room to use different mediums to convey your overall message, like tasteful use of images, illustration or even storytelling.