Here is a slide from a recent Daimler strategy presentation:
The slide does not look bad, and is definitely an improvement of earlier versions of the same chart:
Still there is room for improvement:
- The big blue action verbs are highlighted, but these are not the key messages of each box. (Side note: yes it is the most correct way to write things starting with an action verb, but when space is limited, I tend to break this rule).
- The 16x9 wide screen format invites a horizontal layout, which in turn makes the resulting narrow boxes hard to read, and the layout looks a bit strange because of the line breaks resulting from longer words
- Wording can be reduced and improved further.
I quickly put something together in SlideMagic. It might look a bit less sophisticated than the heavily designed slide above (exactly in the spirit of SlideMagic), but I think it conveys the message better.
(Disclaimer: the above text is obviously mine and not the Daimler strategy)
I added this slide to the SlideMagic template database, search for ‘strategy’ in the desktop app or download it. (The thumbnail of the slide looks a bit different, as all slides show up in 4x3 format on a light background, you can change those settings instantly in the app).
