<story><title>A tool to create slides using Markdown easily for you</title><url>https://github.com/hiroppy/fusuma</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>teknopaul</author><text>Slides that are text only distract the audience.&lt;p&gt;They read the text.&lt;p&gt;Slides that are non-self-explanatory images, _require_ the audience to listen to the speaker.&lt;p&gt;Try it. Put two circles on the screen and see what people do. They look at you for explanation.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Complexicate</author><text>Spot on about using little to no text.&lt;p&gt;TedX has a pretty good style-guide about slides [1]:&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;What goes in my slides?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;•Images and photos: To help the audience remember a person, place or thing you mention, you might use images or photos.&lt;p&gt;- People will understand that the images represent what you’re saying, so there is no need to verbally describe the images onscreen.&lt;p&gt;•Graphs and infographics&lt;p&gt;- Keep graphs visually clear, even if the content is complex. Each graph should make only one point.&lt;p&gt;•No slide should support more than one point.&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;What should the slides look like?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;•Use as little text as possible -- if your audience is reading, they are not listening.&lt;p&gt;•Avoid using bullet points. Consider putting different points on different slides.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;storage.ted.com&amp;#x2F;tedx&amp;#x2F;manuals&amp;#x2F;tedx_speaker_guide.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;storage.ted.com&amp;#x2F;tedx&amp;#x2F;manuals&amp;#x2F;tedx_speaker_guide.pdf&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>A tool to create slides using Markdown easily for you</title><url>https://github.com/hiroppy/fusuma</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>teknopaul</author><text>Slides that are text only distract the audience.&lt;p&gt;They read the text.&lt;p&gt;Slides that are non-self-explanatory images, _require_ the audience to listen to the speaker.&lt;p&gt;Try it. Put two circles on the screen and see what people do. They look at you for explanation.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cmehdy</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve got to reference Patrick Wilson&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;How To Speak&amp;quot; course from MIT OpenCourseWare here[0]. An hour of life well spent!&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=Unzc731iCUY&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=Unzc731iCUY&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>