I recommend using horizontal bars on some of those slides, so the labels are written in the same direction as the bars—lets you fill space more efficiently
Put sentences / verbs in titles; noun titles like “Summary” or “Discussion” are low value
If you’re measuring deltas between two things, compute the error bar on the delta, don’t compute the error bars on the two things; consider coloring by statistical significance (e.g., continuous color scale over range of standard errors of differences of the mean)
In addition to agenda, it can be helpful to start with objectives—why are you here and what are you hoping to get from them? are you trying to inform them? get advice on something specific? get advice on something broad?
Can help to include real data / real prompts / real model outputs—harder to fool yourself when you look at real data instead of relying on abstract metrics and intentions
It’s fine to have crummy slides—don’t waste 1 hour of your time to save 5 minutes of your audience’s time—the slides should serve you, not the other way around
Additional thoughts:
More than 3 bars/colors is fine
I recommend using horizontal bars on some of those slides, so the labels are written in the same direction as the bars—lets you fill space more efficiently
Put sentences / verbs in titles; noun titles like “Summary” or “Discussion” are low value
If you’re measuring deltas between two things, compute the error bar on the delta, don’t compute the error bars on the two things; consider coloring by statistical significance (e.g., continuous color scale over range of standard errors of differences of the mean)
In addition to agenda, it can be helpful to start with objectives—why are you here and what are you hoping to get from them? are you trying to inform them? get advice on something specific? get advice on something broad?
Can help to include real data / real prompts / real model outputs—harder to fool yourself when you look at real data instead of relying on abstract metrics and intentions
It’s fine to have crummy slides—don’t waste 1 hour of your time to save 5 minutes of your audience’s time—the slides should serve you, not the other way around