IDG Contributor Network: The 4 slides you need

Presenters sweat over how many slides they should include in their deck. Nearly everyone compulsively creates more slides than they are going to need and then has to scramble to reduce the number. Rationalizations for this excess of creativity are many, including:I want to be sure that I have enough material to fill the allotted time.
I want to make sure that I do not leave anything out that could be important to the audience.
I want to “get everything out on the table” (and cover my