I'm curious what your thesis is. Why do you assert that an animal picture automatically ruins the message of a slide, before you've even seen the presentation or slide deck?
In my experience a well-chosen image that evokes a relevant emotional response increases the attention span and memory retention of audience members. On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 12:50:38 AM UTC-7, Martijn Verburg wrote: > > Hi all, > > So I'm looking to do an Ignite talk on "the greatest threat to tech > conferences today" at Oscon. Basically it's going to be a very > tongue in cheek presentation where I present 20 slides, each slide > containing: > > 1. The Speaker + a link to their talk > 2. The important point they were making > 3. The picture of the (probably cute & fluffy) animal > 4. How the animal ruined the message > > e.g. Something like "So here's X, talking about Y (note the link!), an > awesome <technology> for <this reason>, > important knowledge right?! Well this particular <animal> came and > ruined that, <mini rant>" > > So if you've ever given a presentation with a cute and fluffy animal > then I'd like to grab the 4 points from you + a copy of the > picture. Full accreditation etc of course! > > -- > Cheers, > Martijn > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/GgCAuvWM0iQJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
