The Takahashi method is a technique of producing slides for presentations. It is similar to the Lessig method of presentations (credited to professor Lawrence Lessig of Stanford).
It is named for its inventor, Masayoshi Takahashi. Unlike a typical presentation, no picture and no charts are used. Only a few words are printed on each slide—often only one or two short words, using very large characters. To make up for this, a presenter will use of m...
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The Takahashi method is a technique of producing slides for presentations. It is similar to the Lessig method of presentations (credited to professor Lawrence Lessig of Stanford).
It is named for its inventor, Masayoshi Takahashi. Unlike a typical presentation, no picture and no charts are used. Only a few words are printed on each slide—often only one or two short words, using very large characters. To make up for this, a presenter will use of many more slides than in a traditional presentation, each slide being shown for a much shorter duration.
Once Takahashi, a programmer, had to give a short presentation at a conference (RubyConf) so he first used the method and found it helpful, at least with Japanese. Takahashi never used PowerPoint or similar software, he uses only text in his slides. He started thinking about how to use the best word for each slide as he took the audience through his presentation. The words or phrases resemble Japanese newspaper headlines rather than...
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