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MiniMax M3.1 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
1,300
Slides
8 (brief: 6-9)
Design quality
75%

Why it is not presentable

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

In detail

  • Slide 1: Text too faint against its background (contrast 2.1:1)
  • Slide 6: Text too faint against its background (contrast 2.1:1) (2 times)
  • Slide 7: Text too faint against its background (contrast 2.1:1) (2 times)
  • Slide 8: Text too faint against its background (contrast 2.1:1) (2 times)
  1. Slide 1 of MiniMax M3.1 Flash's deck
    Slide 1Download slide imagePolished
  2. Slide 2 of MiniMax M3.1 Flash's deck
    Slide 2Download slide imagePolished Charts use default boxed axes frames, which look unstyled inside the rounded panels
  3. Slide 3 of MiniMax M3.1 Flash's deck
    Slide 3Download slide imageAcceptable The explanation beneath 'about 7%' is crowded into five lines and sits close to the card's bottom edge; the three metric cards have uneven internal spacing.'about 7%' card body text runs to the bottom edge of the card ('of the year' nearly spills out)
  4. Slide 4 of MiniMax M3.1 Flash's deck
    Slide 4Download slide imageAcceptable The orange strip sits on top of the rounded teal card, exposing the corner curves awkwardlyThe orange line above the dark green box overhangs awkwardly to the right, looking like a minor alignment error.
  5. Slide 5 of MiniMax M3.1 Flash's deck
    Slide 5Download slide imagePolished Both bars use the same colour, so the cheaper in-house option isn't highlighted
  6. Slide 6 of MiniMax M3.1 Flash's deck
    Slide 6Download slide imageAcceptable The four stages read as separate cards rather than a connected transition timeline; arrows or a labelled timeline would make the sequence more immediate.The vertical orange divider in the bottom band is slanted and crooked
  7. Slide 7 of MiniMax M3.1 Flash's deck
    Slide 7Download slide imageAcceptable Divider lines in both panels render as stepped, uneven segmentsThere are visible, stray, jagged white lines drawn across the dark green 'Guardrail' box on the right.
  8. Slide 8 of MiniMax M3.1 Flash's deck
    Slide 8Download slide imagePolished 'Brakes & Bond' breaks across lines in the resolution text