It’s probably unrealistic to get rid of all your bullet points in PowerPoint, but the idea is to make your slides more visual and less text-heavy. The presenter speaks the words, the screen reinforces the key points using visuals, the audience understands and remembers.
PowerPoint is one of the most abused pieces of software. And giving [...]
Bullets are for Guns, Not PowerPoint Slides
October 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment
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Put Some Luster on the Tarnished Presentation
July 31st, 2008 · No Comments
We’ve all sat through them, half awake or multi-tasking: the dull, droning presentation. The speaker/company as the subject. Slides so text heavy you could feel them weighing down the spirits of every audience member.
Everyone knows that’s not how to give a presentation. Then why are so many presentations like this? We shouldn’t have to take it [...]
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