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KandiceKidd-730
Community Member
5 years ago

Working With SME-Slides

Hi! I'm creating some submission and development guidelines for the SME's I work with at my organization (medical association). I want to get people's thoughts on providing an approximate number o...
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WaltHamilton
Super Hero
5 years ago

Kandice,

Two thoughts: Here is something I gleaned from Duarte:

Slides are glance media

3 cultural roadblocks to uncluttered slides  
     expectation to pass around slide deck
     limiting # of slides to keep presentation concise
     cluttered slides appear intelligent

100 slides with one item one each, or 1 slide with 100 items on it; the learner can't tell the difference.

But I know that's not what you are asking; you want to have a number to help SMEs gauge the amount of content. I think if you tell medical people or College of Med profs 40 slides, you run the risk of ending up with a three hour presentation. I would start with 20 to 30, and be prepared to adjust it per individual as you get to know better what to expect.