Slide 2 ~upd~ (2027)

To keep your Slide 2 effective, avoid these "presentation killers":

We redesigned it. Slide 1 was their logo and a tagline: "The end of server downtime." Slide 2 was a black slide with one line of white text: slide 2

Original Slide 2 (Failing):

Slide 2 should activate relevant prior knowledge (schema) so that subsequent information is easier to process. For example, a simple two-by-two matrix or a before/after state diagram reduces extraneous cognitive load (Sweller, 1988). To keep your Slide 2 effective, avoid these

A template example is shown in Figure 1. To keep your Slide 2 effective

Empirical observation of 50 corporate and academic decks revealed three recurring pitfalls: