How NOT to use Powerpoint
May 29, 2007 at 10:47 pm 5 comments
Cute video regarding common PowerPoint mistakes. Forward it to your favorite offender:
How NOT to use Powerpoint by David Airey of Creative Design
I would add my own presentation tips:
- NEVER use animation – life is too short
- Don’t use notes – they kill the spontaneity
- Don’t over-rehearse – I don’t like robots
- If you find yourself saying “again” you are being redundant, it is OK if the presentation goes quickly
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David Airey :: Creative Design :: | May 30, 2007 at 2:11 am
Nice additional tips there, Will.
Thanks for linking back to my site. You’ve got a nice, clean blog here. Pleasing on the eye. Going to take a look through your articles now.
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Dirk | June 6, 2007 at 10:23 am
Thanks! … And let me explain. I’m basically a non-Luddite working in a Luddite filled office and am therefore subjected to a depressing number of sadly lackluster Powerpoint presentations — I’ve forwarded your tips to my co-workers and am hoping for the best.
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Jonty Pearce - Presentation Helper | June 7, 2007 at 2:39 am
I think that under rehearsing is the big key. As the video suggests the reason why people have so many words on their slides is because they have not rehearsed what they want to say.
I always suggest that people rehearse their presentations four times, one of which should be in front of a live audience.
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Hamza | July 10, 2007 at 5:44 am
Nice and Interesting Tips , as a developer/ designer i always said
Too Much Effects Kill The Effect …..
Simple and Practical presentation should be usable not full of animations and effects .
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EMR and HIPAA | October 29, 2007 at 9:46 pm
Sure, don’t use animations if you don’t want them to listen to you. They’ll just read the slide rather than listening to what you have to say. Of course, if this is fine then you should have just sent them the information so they could read it themselves. Presentations should just have animations on by default.