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Too much eye candy may overkill some people. Sobriety in your charts pays off.

I just spent a few hours this week-end reviewing a couple of flashy slides for a financial reporting to the press. It's about jetski sales in Europe and North America... Read on...

How to replace dumb lists with a set of smart shapes in minutes

There are people who claim that a list of items will actually do the job to communicate a set of actions effectively or convince decision makers. Well, ... Read on...

How to avoid heavy slides that could end up with a 30MB presentation

I just got off the phone with Ulrich, a manager who has to make a presentation to a group of investors within 2 weeks and wanted me to review his slides... Read on...

A laser-eye puts you ahead of the crowd

There are many slides, poorly drawn up under the excuse of "First draft",  that look improvised and dirty like this one:... Read on...

Combine high contrast colours to make your slide stand out

Subtlety of soft pastel colors and sophisticated color palettes are part of the know-how of an artist. If you don't master this, avoid complex mix of colors. :... Read on...

Create strong headlines on top of all your slides

If the title --or the headline-- of your slide reads like: "Customer survey results 1/1". And the next one "Customer survey results 1/2", and so on, what's wrong?... Read on...

What kind of title page should you use?

Most presentations start with a classical title page. Monotonous. Unexciting. I start with a black screen, or at least the template I'm using for ... Read on...

Avoid long text. Why wouldn't you use light illustrations instead?

Simple but crucial lesson here: which slide do you prefer?The first one is not bad. It's short. But with the second one you keep your slide simple... Read on...

Trash cheap clip-art and circus-like transitions!

A very common weak point is the look and feel of a slide: it strictly follows the mechanical bullet pattern, you know what I mean. Kill the bullets... Read on...