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Gemini 4 Hydrogen: Manchester store investment review

For the board of directors (non-executives and the chief executive). The decision it supports: whether to approve £480k of capital for a Manchester store.

Verdict
Not presentable
Deck rating
1,147
Slides
6 (brief: 5-8)
Design quality
50%

Why it is not presentable

  • Layout defect: something off the slide, colliding, too small or too faint to read
  • A slide the judges rated as needing work

In detail

  • Slide 1: 3 body text boxes set at 11 pt, too small to read
  • Slide 2: 3 body text boxes set at 11 pt, too small to read
  • Slide 6: A body text box set at 11 pt, too small to read
  1. Slide 1 of Gemini 4 Hydrogen's deck
    Slide 1Download slide imagePolished In the middle 'Recommended Option' card, the third line of body text ('run-rate') runs into the bottom border and spills out of the box
  2. Slide 2 of Gemini 4 Hydrogen's deck
    Slide 2Download slide imageAcceptable The two lower panels are text-heavy; long bullets slow scanning and dilute the emphasis established by the three headline metrics.Text-heavy for a board audience: three metric cards plus two bullet panels
  3. Slide 3 of Gemini 4 Hydrogen's deck
    Slide 3Download slide imageAcceptable All chart bars use the same colour, leaving the adjusted pop-up result and proposal benchmark visually undifferentiated despite their importance to the takeaway.The key 'Pop-Up Adjusted' bar uses the same colour as every other bar, so the comparison the title makes is not visually emphasised
  4. Slide 4 of Gemini 4 Hydrogen's deck
    Slide 4Download slide imageNeeds work The legend overlaps the first pair of bars; its black text and navy swatch lose contrast against the navy bar.The chart legend sits on top of the first pair of bars, and its labels overlap the bars, hurting legibility
  5. Slide 5 of Gemini 4 Hydrogen's deck
    Slide 5Download slide imageAcceptable The table gives all rows equal emphasis, so the key Leeds–Sheffield comparison requires searching.The subtitle wraps to a second line ('agency cover.') that collides with the table header
  6. Slide 6 of Gemini 4 Hydrogen's deck
    Slide 6Download slide imageAcceptable The three tall action cards leave substantial unused space beneath their text.Title is a topic label rather than a takeaway