Slides that put people to sleep? Here's the fix

40 slides, a million lines, a tiny font. We've all sat through a training like that.

The simplest trick to upgrade any presentation

1. One key message per slide.
2. An image or icon that supports it.
3. Three standout words, no more.

And most important: your slides aren't your teleprompter. They're the set and the support for what you have to say.