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# The 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint That I Wish Everyone Followed

Guy Kawasaki writes, "A PowerPoint presentation should have ten slides, last no more than twenty minutes, and contain no font smaller than thirty points" ([The 10/20/30 Rule of Powerpoint](http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2005/12/the_102030_rule.html)). I wish everyone who prepares a presentation would follow this advice. Long PowerPoints disrupt any kind of narrative flow and dynamic energy that can build up when you deliver your message.