A tree is a “tree”

Suppose that you need to prepare a slide to tell about some facts about trees. You are given the title “A tree is a tree” and you started working on your slide by googling for some nice tree pictures. Don’t forget that you will also be presenting those facts by using the slide you prepared.

How would you end with your slide? What is the best practice to use texts and pictures? Is it good to add every detail to your slide; every benefits, every constraints? Or is it better to tell your story instead of writing it down on a slide?

Below are three slide versions I’ve prepared for the topic. Obviously there can be more variations, but lets just start with three.

First one uses no text, no content but just a picture of a tree. Everything depends on how well the presenter can handle the topic.

Slide Variation - 1

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