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I like the idea of Before-After-Bridge. As a platform team lead, I do presentations quite frequently. Will use this recommendation! Thanks!

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Thank you, Anton. That's so nice to know it will be valuable. Feel free to let me know how it ends up going! I'd be curious!

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Great article! I fully agree with the point that cluttering the slides with excessive text makes them hard to follow. The audience gets confused whether to concentrate on the text or the speech.

However, an argument I often hear is that text-heavy presentations are beneficial because they allow for easy review of the slides after the presentation especially for those that were absent.

Do any thoughts on that?

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Thanks so much, Big Tech.

Yeah, that's a good point. One thing could be to ensure there is a recording or have additional textual notes in the notes for each slide. Those could be helpful for folks that were absent

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This is great! I have some changes I'd like my team to adopt, and these will surely help my odds of getting buy-in!

One small criticism: I find Now-Later-Bridge to be more representative than Before-After-Bridge (you even say current state to describe 'before'!). Nitpicky and perhaps still leaves room for improvement, but thought I'd run it by you.

Thanks!

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Thanks, Ben!

Yes, that's a good point. It may depend on the perspective of the story for Before vs Now.

If it's a story explaining a change that has already been made (like an all-hands presentation) then "Before" would be applicable.

If its to convince of a change for your team to adopt from the "Now", then yes, definitely :D.

Feel free to follow up on how those change suggestions go.

One tip I'd squeeze in would be to chat with people individually about the change before bringing them into a group setting. It will help get buy-in before the meeting where everyone seems surprised

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Good post!

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Thank you, Piotr!

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Wow, that is so kind, Priyam. I really appreciate that and I'll do my best 🙇‍♂️. Your words really mean a lot.

I checked out the article from Kris. It seems like a great set of tips too and he sounds like an awesome manager. It's funny how our advice ended up aligning so closely

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Yeah, that totally makes sense! Having no visual at all for wordy architecture explanations would lead to everyone having a different understanding. I've seen it so many times 😂.

Sounds like you have a great approach

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