Clear and Presentation Danger

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Practical checklist for presenting data on big screens: zoom or use a remote to highlight specific KPIs, avoid small default fonts (bump labels to readable sizes), strip gridlines and clutter, and use color and big annotations to make the main point obvious (example: annotate a 93% reduction). Demos of dashboards require different treatment than analysis—use callouts or Logitech Spotlight to point, and fill the slide so back-row viewers can read. Learn from Hans Rosling—introduce each data element stepwise, script or record handoffs.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 4:33Presentation Danger
3. 7:22A Big Screen
4. 8:38Types of Data
5. 10:13Data Applications
6. 11:21How to Point
7. 14:33Hans Rosling
8. 15:57Statistics
9. 18:41Chart complexity
10. 22:09The story of Field Marshal McHale
11. 23:23The end of the meeting
12. 23:54This is a tragedy
13. 25:03Pop quiz
14. 27:14Color
15. 27:37Day of the week
16. 27:49Chloe
17. 28:04Annotations
18. 28:32Data
19. 29:41Be prepared to justify
20. 29:51Another case study
21. 30:39What would we change
22. 30:59Demo
23. 38:20Recap
24. 38:47General tips
25. 39:12Make it fill the screen
26. 39:28Mistake on the slide
27. 40:06Slide banner
28. 40:25My job as a communicator
29. 40:37The shivers down my spine
30. 40:47PowerPoint
31. 41:01Complex Charts
32. 41:34Be Bright
33. 41:59Draw Attention
34. 42:23Use Data to Drive Change
35. 43:05The Last Mile
36. 43:48Wrap up
37. 44:17Questions
38. 44:31Pie Charts
39. 45:45How to present data
40. 46:54Advice for analysts
41. 48:24Advice for presenting with a lot of data
42. 49:35What is your opinion on programmatic visualization
43. 50:49How do you convince more junior people to watch your presentation
44. 51:58How would you handle the situation
45. 53:17Have you seen any outstanding presentations yet
46. 53:58I was obviously a splitter
47. 54:08Have you discovered Prezi
48. 54:46How can Prezi fit on a big screen
49. 55:23What would you do if you cared about sloppy decks
50. 56:35Data visualization is like learning a language
51. 58:24Favorite presenter

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