But people able to read the slides is... kinda the point. It's something you can refer to, something they can refer to if they blinked and missed a sentence. "Pay attention at all moments or bust" is a sucky proposition.
Yeah, it's not obvious at all when you think about it!
Nevertheless, the effect of having slides that spell out your point in writing is utterly devastating to getting your point across, empirically. I derived this from my (short) experience, but then I looked it up online, and everyone says the same thing.
See this article (https://www.howtogiveatalk.com/blog/principle-1-dont-put-words-on-slides) for further reasoning. However, I don't think the theoretical arguments are that convincing. You have to see it to believe it. Or, trust that these experts know what they are talking about after seeing and giving hundreds of talks.
I've spent my fair share of time on conferences in both roles. It is for others to judge how well my talks worked, but I can judge others, and newsflash, the wordless slides are a strong predictor for tuning out.
But people able to read the slides is... kinda the point. It's something you can refer to, something they can refer to if they blinked and missed a sentence. "Pay attention at all moments or bust" is a sucky proposition.
One solution to this is to say the most important points more than once.
Yeah, it's not obvious at all when you think about it!
Nevertheless, the effect of having slides that spell out your point in writing is utterly devastating to getting your point across, empirically. I derived this from my (short) experience, but then I looked it up online, and everyone says the same thing.
See this article (https://www.howtogiveatalk.com/blog/principle-1-dont-put-words-on-slides) for further reasoning. However, I don't think the theoretical arguments are that convincing. You have to see it to believe it. Or, trust that these experts know what they are talking about after seeing and giving hundreds of talks.
I've spent my fair share of time on conferences in both roles. It is for others to judge how well my talks worked, but I can judge others, and newsflash, the wordless slides are a strong predictor for tuning out.