I am guilty. I have sinned using PowerPoint. I have made boring presentations. Partially out of ignorance, sometimes out of boredom. But not any more, not for a while anyway. I thought that using some picutres and sticking to the seven brief bullet points per slide was ok. Until I had a look outside my own world…
It’s not that I don’t know how to use PowerPoint. I know how to use it very well, and I create regular “pieces” at work which look nothing like the “normal” PowerPoint on a regular basis. But… when it came to actual presentations, which are rare for me… I have blindly followed “the rules” not thinking of what could be. It is embarassing to admit that while I don’t think I am guilty of “crazy long text everywhere overload”, I am very guilty of “list the key points down the screen and use a little image in a corner to illustrate”. *blush*.
While looking on slideshare last night for assignment ideas I came across a great presentation which has a brilliant quote applied to PowerPoint “Bullets don’t kill people. People kill people” Yes! How true! Don’t bore us with your words – inspire us with your ideas.
I repent my PowerPoint sins of the past. I have seen the light. Never again will you find me murdering my audience via bullet points by creating uninspring, boring presentations.
This is “thecroackers” presentation from slideshare which illustrates so many points so well.
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