Lecture #5 was "Presenting Your Ideas in Highly Charged Political Situations" by Adam Polansky. He made it evident that the title of lecture was chosen by a third-party AFTER he put his presentation together. Whereas the title might lead you to think he'd be teaching you methods for making your boss think he came up with your ideas, this was nothing more than how to organize your presentations.
Although this was a flagrant abuse of false advertising, it was one of the most applicable tracks I attended. The most important thing I took from the lecture was minimizing the amount of information you put on a slide. I think all too often, people pack a slide with so much text that they just read the slide to the audience or could sit down and let the slide do all the talking for them. Either way, they miss the important detail that a slide show assists you the presenter. People came to hear YOU, not your slide show!
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