speaker notes
Slides' hidden text
Speaker notes are the written prompts a presenter keeps visible to themselves but hidden from the audience during a talk or slideshow.
In presentation software, speaker notes appear in a separate pane below each slide: I always forget the statistics, so I put them in my speaker notes.
They serve as a script, reminder, or safety net—containing key points, transitions, or exact phrasing the speaker wants to hit.
- presentationFormal display to viewers
- scriptWritten words for performance
- cue cardsPortable text prompts
- cuesSignals prompting action
- podiumRaised platform for speakers
lectern · rehearsal · prompts · teleprompter · outline · talking points · key points · audience · stage fright · microphone · PowerPoint · Keynote · presenter view · rehearse · dry run · run through · annotations · reminders
- presentationspresentation, slides, slide, keynote, slideshow
- presentation equipmentprojectors, projector, screens, microphone stand, microphones
- clarityclearness, clear, obvious, simplification, concise
- slidesslide, water slide, slides, playground slide, microscope slide