What You Say

To illustrate the difference, here is a portion of a script with its matching slide an example of the first kind of text slide mentioned above:

Script

CURRENT REAUTY

Jackson Foods has been experiencing extremely high out-of-stock levels. Inevitably, in the PMC business, an inability to fully supply orders will result in a loss of market share.

- The out-of-stock situation has partially been due to manufacturing problems

- The manufacturing problems are compounded by inconsistent or inappropriately managed supply chain processes

- The supply chain and manufacturing processes are not "aligned" to alleviate out-of-stock problems or ensure a focus on priority customers and products

Slide

CURRENT REALITY

High out-of-stock levels

●Problems in manufacturing

●Poor supply chain processes

●Weak manufacturing/supply chain alignment

The best text slides convey their message as starkly and simply as possible. They do not waste words (or slides) on transitional or introductory points, which can and should be stated orally. This means of course that the slides by themselves will not be intelligible as a handout to someone who has not attended the presentation. To get around this problem, some people bind the slides with the text of the script on the facing page-an approach that effectively kills two birds with one stone. But in that case the script should be written in outline form, with transitions omitted.

Keep in mind also that text slides are best limited to emphasizing the major points in the pyramid, approximately as shown in Exhibit 61.