The is a technique deploying extremely simple and distilled visual slides for presentations. It is similar to the Lessig method, created by Harvard professor and former presidential candidate Lawrence Lessig.
It is named for its inventor, Masayoshi Takahashi (). Takahashi built the method around using only text slides, no charts or images. Unlike a typical presentation, no pictures 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 many more slides than in a traditional presentation, each slide being shown for a much shorter duration.
History Takahashi, a programmer, developed the method after preparing a short presentation for RubyConf. He avoided presentation software such as PowerPoint, using text-only slides instead, and focused on selecting a single word or short phrase per slide to guide the audience. These phrases resemble Japanese newspaper headlines rather than full sentences and are arranged visually to allow rapid comprehension. The approach is considered particularly effective for Japanese and other non-Latin writing systems, and has since been widely adopted at developer conferences, including in the presentations of Audrey Tang at Perl and open-source events.
References
External links Living large: "Takahashi Method" uses king-sized text as a visual Big – small JavaScript tool for making Takahashi-style presentations on the web Weenote – minimal JavaScript tool for making Takahashi-style presentations on the web takahashi.sty – package for making Takahashi-style presentation in Beamer (LaTeX) Slide – open-source Android application for making Takahashi-style presentations suckless sent – open-source tool for Takahashi method, developed for Unix, and Unix-like operating systems by suckless.org.