Mistral Large 4: 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
515
Slides
6 (brief: 5-8)
Design quality
33%
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
A slide the judges rated as needing work
In detail
Slide 1: text 2 and text 3 collide.
Slide 1Needs workThe title wraps onto a second line, crowding and overlapping the subtitle 'Cabinet decision | February 2026'.Title wraps to a second line and 'year' collides with the subtitle 'Cabinet decision | February 2026'
Slide 2Needs workThe legend overlaps the top of the Option C bar.The legend overlaps the top of the Option C bar, and the 'Oppose' label collides with the bar
Slide 3AcceptableThe title is a broad topic label rather than a takeaway, and the commentary presents several competing messages.The title is a topic label, not a takeaway
Slide 4AcceptableA large empty gap separates the comparison table from the main takeaway.There is a large empty gap between the table and the conclusion
Slide 5AcceptableThe recommendation panel is oversized for its content, leaving substantial empty space below the explanation.The grey recommendation panel has a large empty area below the text
Slide 6AcceptableThe decision panel contains long, uniformly weighted sentences; the approval and review actions could be more strongly emphasised.The grey panel is oversized, leaving a large empty area below the two asks
