Post #3226095
2026-06-04 09:31 UTC
Replies (6)
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@etchedpixels@mastodon.social 2026-06-04 11:04
@datenwolf@chaos.social @freakboy3742@cloudisland.nz I think that depends on the audience. When I was giving talks outside the UK I often quite intentionally added more text (and slides) because for a 2nd/3rd/.. language speaker it's common especially in tech that they are strong in written but not spoken form. Making copies of the materials available in advance also works wonders, and unlike university lecturers your listeners might actually have read through them.
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@killick@dmv.community 2026-06-04 11:41
@datenwolf@chaos.social @freakboy3742@cloudisland.nz EXACTLY. If your audience is reading everything you plan to say, then why are you there?
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@jetlagjen@gts.phillipsuk.org 2026-06-04 12:07
@datenwolf@chaos.social @freakboy3742@cloudisland.nz absolutely! Text on slides means people are too busy reading to listen. Full talk content on slides means you needn't bother being there. Images on slides illustrate and illuminate.
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@ricci@discuss.systems 2026-06-06 02:13
@datenwolf@chaos.social @freakboy3742@cloudisland.nz Your slides are competing with you for your audience's attention. If they are reading stuff off the slide, or trying to figure out a complex diagram that you revealed all at once, they are not listening to you.
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@HydrePrever@mathstodon.xyz 2026-06-06 03:04
@datenwolf@chaos.social @freakboy3742@cloudisland.nz people in the audience who are not fluent in English, who have ADHD, and many others, will appreciate some text on the slides.
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@ThreeSigma@mastodon.online 2026-06-06 12:36
@datenwolf@chaos.social @freakboy3742@cloudisland.nz Others in this thread have good points on some reasons to have done text. But I’ve seen such egregious and insulting slides (mostly in private industry). If the speaker ever says “This is probably too small for you to read” they are wasting everyone’s time