Against all the other options
Against all the other options
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Picking the 2x2 axes
top right, the least attractive options in the bottom left, the other two the “can’t have the best
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actually have 4 distinct options that can be grouped according to 2 axes? Many situations have only 3
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options, where the 4th option that is suggested by your framework is actually not meaningful in
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Two by two matrices are a popular tool rank options. Watch out when to use them though: Do you
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The ponder slide
the columns, arguments in the rows Group the options and arguments somehow, sort options by risk
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emailed around and read on screens. Strategic decisions are usually a careful trade-off between options
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ones stand out. Label your options and arguments for the audience with the Benefit of Knowledge
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the options so that the answers are in the same direction: I usually pick positive ones: no
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are ready for decision time. How to design a good decision slide for these people? A table: options in
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News photos for bargain prices
options for use in presentations. A great alternative for over-sued and cheesy stock images. And the
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? Because the licensing options are set for high-volume print runs or web sites. Usually
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Matching text and image colours
options: Pick a different image (search for “orange” in Unsplash for example) Use grayscale images Or
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How to speed up PowerPoint by switching off live preview
the Office button (top left) Select PowerPoint options Uncheck the live preview box (PowerPoint 2007)
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Branching out
- and only if necessary - add more variations and options. In most cases, the audience is not
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, starting with a layout of all the options is either frightening or confusing (probably both). Instead
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This, this, this, this, and this!
be not 100% certain of which growth options you are going to use 5 years from now. Present the most
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and introduce future growth options. If there are lots, rank/time them somehow. And yes, it is OK to
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What do you think of the new layout?
time, Google will bring back more options for tweaking. On balance, I think I will stick with the
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drop down menu at the top left of this page you can play around with a number of viewing options
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Blunt sentences
about the options. The discussion will flow even better if you can find catchy 1-word labels for each
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things to a conclusion. The first step in these situations is actually to establish what the options
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of the strategic options. After the meeting, a volunteer can take all that away, turn it into a
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traditional management theory approach is to draw up some table with the options, and write down
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Make over: managing complex change
arrow) to show that other options are a dead end road I have uploaded this chart to the SlideMagic
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Slide idea - global expansion!
), go to format, text effect, "can down" (somewhere in the middle right). Go back to format, select glow, glow options and set a color (I picked black).
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Data chart consistency
There are many options to format a data chart: write million or m, put percentages in columns or
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One framework fits all?
. Most people try to force some sort of uniform framework to discuss all options: market potential
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AI's strength: categorizing
into tables of short points. “Please summarize the pros and cons of both options discussed in the
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SlideMagic student program
announcements and websites, blog readers can already take advantage of this options. Email support
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Moving a business audience
for discussion, options that include "this is not how the industry does things". This can sometimes
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and what not, you can put things in perspective. Being complete, putting up all the available options
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involves 2nd and 3rd order effects: especially when discussing scenarios, game theory, options
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"Why are 2x2 so popular in consulting firms?"
you to think things through thoroughly for holes and overlaps, maybe you start with 2 options, add a
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options than a slide with 4 bullet points, a 5 dimensional space can get very complicated It forces
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third, take a step back and think what actually defines these 3 options, come up with the 2 axis
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One audience
fundamental positioning of your business, product, project, idea and cut one of the two options.
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A quick call with SlideMagic feedback?
going on. I have many options and ideas to take the app further, but I realize that dazzling technology
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