Here are some specific considerations to help you identify potential distractions: Not all data are equally important. Use your space and audience’s attention wisely by getting rid of noncritical data or components. When detail isn’t needed, summarize. You should be familiar with the detail, but that doesn’t mean your audience needs to be. Consider whether summarizing is appropriate. Ask yourself: would eliminating this change anything? No? Take it out! Resist the temptation to keep things because they are cute or because you worked hard to create them; if they don’t support the message, they
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Identify Distractions
