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\"lists<\/p>\n

If your p2 is a list<\/p>\n

You will read it like a list<\/p>\n

Your audience will read it like a list<\/p>\n

Everything assumes the same importance<\/p>\n

Despite the structure on the slides<\/p>\n

And that is entirely forgettable<\/p>\n

And boring.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Try just a single subsection per slide<\/p>\n

They’re free after all<\/p>\n

Reduce the number of words to a bare minimum (10)<\/p>\n

Try that<\/p>\n

You’ll hate it<\/p>\n

You’ll recognise the problems it generates<\/p>\n

And maybe you’ll start illustrating rather than annotating<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lists, like this one, only work for shopping.<\/p>\n

(how meta!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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