Presentation skills training: Alternatives to points

Presentation skills: Bullets are boring in presentations

Presentation skills tip: Use the Picture Superiority effect (PSE) to increase retention and engagement. Pictures are more memorable than lists.

picture superiority effect PSE

Using alternatives to boring bullet points in your presentations can prevent your audience from reading ahead or switching off. The audience will either listen to you, read ahead or switch off. Which do you do?

There are alternatives to boring lists of bullet points. Use labeled images to replace the lists of bullets

With labeled images the content is the same, but the message more memorable.

Replace this cluttered slide:

Use these instead (each image comes in on click allowing discussion on each point):

Presentation skills: Alternatives to boring bullet points

Alternatives to boring bullet points: the images are more memorable than the text bullets, they create a focal point for discussion and make the point clearer.

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If you really want to get your presentations right, consider hiring a professional presentation consultant to help. A professional can help you get perspective about what’s important, help you protect your brand and deliver clear powerful visuals which augment your message. If you need help with presentation skills and an Alternatives to boring bullet points contact us today.

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Richard Riche

Change Communication and Employee Engagement specialist at One Clear Message Consulting

Richard specialises in helping you build real human communication skills. Employee Engagement / Experience, Emotional Intelligence skills, building high performance teams and a great place you want to work. TED style speaking and presentation skills. Training, consulting and coaching.