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The purpose of a great presentation is to engage the audience and give them something they didn’t have at the beginning of the talk. It may be a challenge, a call to arms, a new concept or a stimulus to read further. It is not a major data transfer. The techniques suggested on this blog are about achieving this. They are not about “making pretty slides.” Make a great presentation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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