Death by PowerPoint(and how to fight it)

Death by PowerPoint(and how to fight it)

By: Zeinab Nasrollahy

There are 300 millionPowerPoint users

in the world.

They do 30 million

presentationseach day

About a millionpresentations aregoing on right now

50% of them are

unbearable

LOTS of peopleare killing each otherwith bad presentations.

NOW.

They are all DEAD! Well, almost.

Badpresentati

onsBad

communication

Badrelations

Lesssales

Lessmoney

Lesstraining

A vicious circle

Let’s make

the world

a bette

r place

.

Why are they doing it?!

Bullets don’t kill people People kill people Unintentionally Yet regularly

Research shows:

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4

Why do you present?

. To “pass the information”?

. Your boss told you to?

maybe as a class project? (like me). Or to make meaning?

What’s the

subject and

why it matter

s to you?

Can’t findthe meaning?

Don’t present.

Give 3-4 reasons supporting your

point.

Memorable opening1 argument

2 argument

3 argument

Memorable closing

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45Minute

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You can tell this in... 5 minutes

15 minutes 45 minutes

It is scalable

Everything should be made assimple as possible but not simpler.

Fundamental problem?

Visualize ideas

Create key points

Impress

PowerPoint helps to:

How much is an extra slide?$0.00. Zero Dollars.Break it in several. It’s free.

Stupid “rules”

Do you remember the rule:7 lines per slide or less

7 words per line or less?

Well, it is just plain stupid

If you follow this “rule”You get a slide like this!

Simple design rules

One point per slideFew matching colorsVery few fontsPhotos, not clipart

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No audience? Present to the

furniture. But aloud. Try it.

Check the room

and equipment.

All this leads to...

Wow

An Adaptation of

Alexei Kapterev(pdf file)