Manuals / Presentation Design / Ch 2

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2. Story before slides

Presentation Design · 36 pages source format

Outline on paper: context → tension → options → ask. Slides come last. If the outline is mush, slides won’t save you.

What you'll learn

  • Narrative arc
  • The ask
  • Cut list

Outline only

No slideware yet. Bullet the beats.

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One-page outline with a single explicit ask at the end.

Pro tip. If you can’t say the ask in one sentence, you’re not ready to design.

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