How to bring more diversity and inclusion to your PowerPoint deck
A failure to find photos that represent the diversity of your community risks losing your audience. Here’s how to find better images.
Have you taken a close look at the photos that you use for your PowerPoint presentation slides? You can bet your audience has.
What do they see? Do many of the faces look the same? Have you unintentionally perpetuated social or professional stereotypes?
The photos that many public speakers select for their PowerPoint presentation slides reveal a lack of diversity. It’s often the result of unconscious biases—beliefs and stereotypes that we aren’t even aware we hold—about age, religion, ethnicity, education, physical ability, looks, appearance, gender identities, sexual orientation and social class. However, this unintentional exclusion can jeopardize your connection with your audience.
Of course, it’s not always an unintentional oversight. Sometimes, the source material can pose a challenge to more inclusive PowerPoint presentations.
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