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Muse Spark 1.3: Library services: choosing how to save £350,000

For the council's cabinet (elected members), meeting in public. The decision it supports: which of three options to adopt to save £350,000 a year from libraries.

Verdict
Not presentable
Deck rating
811
Slides
6 (brief: 5-8)
Design quality
58%

Why it is not presentable

  • Layout defect: something off the slide, colliding, too small or too faint to read
  • Did not give the analysis's recommendation within the first two slides
  • Drew a conclusion from a figure without its caveat
  • A slide the judges rated as needing work

In detail

  • Caveat missing: respondents were mostly weekly users (82%, against 21% of card holders), not representative of residents.
  • Slide 1: text 6: 9 pt text.
  • Slide 2: text 6: 8 pt text.
  • Slide 3: text 6: 8 pt text.
  • Slide 4: text 5: 11 pt body text.
  • Slide 4: text 5: 11 pt body text.
  • Slide 4: text 5: 11 pt body text.
  • Slide 4: text 5: 10 pt body text.
  1. Slide 1 of Muse Spark 1.3's deck
    Slide 1Polished
  2. Slide 2 of Muse Spark 1.3's deck
    Slide 2Acceptable The consultation panel is much taller than its content requires, leaving a large empty area.The right-hand consultation box is mostly empty below its text, so about half the panel is wasted
  3. Slide 3 of Muse Spark 1.3's deck
    Slide 3Acceptable The table gives every row equal emphasis; the libraries central to the takeaway are not highlighted.The table gives every row equal weight; Holloway and Marsh Lane are the libraries discussed but are not highlighted
  4. Slide 4 of Muse Spark 1.3's deck
    Slide 4Acceptable The right-hand panel largely repeats the chart values rather than adding visual emphasis to the takeaway.The side panel is mostly empty below its text
  5. Slide 5 of Muse Spark 1.3's deck
    Slide 5Needs work A stray or missing-character box appears after the Option B heading.A missing-glyph box (tofu) appears after 'B: SHORTER HOURS' in the label, where a symbol failed to render
  6. Slide 6 of Muse Spark 1.3's deck
    Slide 6Polished The right panel's content sits in the top third, leaving a large empty area beneath