Everyone is using it, why can’t I?
Not all. At the end of articles, journalists, for example, do not write “thank you”, right? That’s not necessary on the final slide. “Thank you for your attention” is a relic of the past from the academic environment, when, after long lectures, the teachers thanked the students for their perseverance. In modern presentations, this phrase sounds like “thanks for listening to my boring presentation to the end.”
The final slide is an opportunity to communicate something useful to the audience, or to inspire and end the speech on the rise. Don’t waste the viewer’s time on a phrase that is perceived as a formality, a ritual. The phrases “Well, something like that”, “Well, that’s all” is also not worth using.
Then what to write on the last slide?
Throughout the presentation, you convinced the viewer of the importance of the problematic, offered new information, solutions, arguments. Formulate a call to action so that the viewer does not have a feeling of incompleteness or a crumpled ending, make him think in the end.
If the purpose of the presentation assumes that after the speech you will be contacted, leave your contacts. Links to social networks, website, phone number, etc. For convenience, you can insert a QR code.