When people write annoying e-mails or make inscrutable spreadsheets, we don't blame Outlook and Excel; we blame the people. But for many of us, PowerPoint is synonymous with the terrible output it often generates. Because we've all been bombarded by so many awful PowerPoint-enabled talks, we've come to assume that slide software is a fundamentally bad idea -- that PowerPoint is a tool mainly for obfuscation and boredom, and that no good can come of it.
One of Manjoo's suggestions: "Skip the bullets." Yes. Any thought on how to diplomatically communicate that to your speakers?
2 comments:
The old saying " a picture says a thousand words" is very applicable for effective ppt presentations. Speakers need to learn and apply this philosophy when creating visuals to support their oral presentation. It alsomgreatly increases the likelihood that their presentation will be memorable.
Very true, John. As the Slate author says, it's not PowerPoint's fault that many/most people use it to deliver bulleted outlines of their presentations.
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