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Gemini 3.8 Flash: Responsive repairs: in-house team or renewed contract

For the board of trustees of a housing association, including two tenant board members. The decision it supports: whether to approve £1.2m to set up an in-house repairs team or renew the contract.

Verdict
Not presentable
Deck rating
904
Slides
7 (brief: 6-9)
Design quality
57%

Why it is not presentable

  • Layout defect: something off the slide, colliding, too small or too faint to read

In detail

  • Slide 1: text 5: #E4572E on #1D5C63 is 2.1:1.
  • Slide 7: text 3: #E4572E on #1D5C63 is 2.1:1.
  1. Slide 1 of Gemini 3.8 Flash's deck
    Slide 1Acceptable The recommendation is visually secondary to the broad topic title and sits low on the slide.The decision and recommendation lines pack a lot of text into the bottom block of a title slide.
  2. Slide 2 of Gemini 3.8 Flash's deck
    Slide 2Acceptable Three columns of full-sentence bullets make the summary text-heavy.The title is a topic label ('Executive Summary') rather than a takeaway.
  3. Slide 3 of Gemini 3.8 Flash's deck
    Slide 3Polished
  4. Slide 4 of Gemini 3.8 Flash's deck
    Slide 4Acceptable The comparison relies on dense prose rather than a visual presentation of the evidence.The right card is text-heavy with four dense bullets.
  5. Slide 5 of Gemini 3.8 Flash's deck
    Slide 5Acceptable The table largely repeats the figures and explanations already shown in the two prominent cards.The table largely repeats the figures already shown in the two cards.
  6. Slide 6 of Gemini 3.8 Flash's deck
    Slide 6Acceptable A large gap separates the financial table from the investment breakdown, weakening the connection between them.The title is a topic label; the takeaway sits only in the subtitle.
  7. Slide 7 of Gemini 3.8 Flash's deck
    Slide 7Acceptable The roadmap is presented as lengthy bullets rather than a concise timeline.The Phase 3 title wraps onto two lines, misaligning its date and bullets with Phases 1 and 2.