Mr. Gore’s slides are built in Apple’s Keynote.

Good catch on the misuse of “distill”, we submitted much more comprehensive content to Wired and they spliced it together incorrectly unfortunately, Here’s the original submission:

3.) What makes a compelling slideshow? Presentations are best when the slides serve as a mnemonic device for the audience to remember the message, not for the presenter to use as a crutch. Great slideshows are dependent on the type of relationship they have with their presenter. Is the relationship that of actor and stage? Or drug and dealer? If the presenter is addicted to bullet points, then everyone in the room suffers. It’s a cop-out for presenters to cram slides full of words and doo-dads solely so they remind themselves of what to say. When they do that, it makes the slides all about the presenter’s lack of commitment to learning the material and not about the audience’s needs. If a presenter has genuinely internalized the key messages and is supported by distilled visual themes and emotional evidence, lightning strikes. Amazing things happen. It’s cinematic and interactive.
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