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Supporting documents & leave-behinds · Core

Speaker notes

Also called: presenter notes

ELI5

Private notes that help someone present a slide.

Used in conversation

“Put the calculation caveat in the speaker notes as well as the appendix.”

Definition

Notes attached to slides to support what the presenter says but which are not usually visible to the audience.

Here “Speaker notes” means: Notes attached to slides to support what the presenter says but which are not usually visible to the audience.

Pitch context

You will see “Speaker notes” in business pitches, proposals, executive summaries and decision decks when the discussion reaches supporting documents & leave-behinds.

Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret supporting documents & leave-behinds without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.

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Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.