How do I assign speaking time to weighted slides after reserving time for questions?
A shared talk time minus Q&A is allocated by slide weight. Results are rounded to whole seconds with residual seconds assigned by largest remainder.
Open Slide Beat AllocationTry the worked example
These are the example inputs from Slide Beat Allocation. Replace them in the tool to run your own case.
| Slide | Weight | Talk minutes | Q&A minutes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| Demo | 3 | 12 | 2 |
| Close | 1 | 12 | 2 |
Example result
Demo · Present · 360 s allocated; speak from 120 to 480 s.
Who uses this?
Presentation producers. The free online tool runs the calculation in your browser. To edit the files and use the tools offline in one business, see the €49 offline edition.
Where the idea came from
Benchcraft adapted the reviewed editable slides from brief, notes or data idea for presentation producers. The rules and fictional example here were created for this tool.
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