PowerPoint

PowerPoint That is often driven poorly

In a car crash it is nearly always the driver who is to blame

NOT the vehicle itself

But when it comes to bad presentations people are quick to blame PowerPoint

Some misguided people even start political parties against it

This is stupid.

This is stupid. Really Stupid.

A PowerPoint deck is not the presentation

A PowerPoint deck is not the presentation PowerPoint is a vehicle for your visual aids

Your presentation is your message and your information. It takes hours of careful craft and consideration

Your PowerPoint is your vehicle to communicate well thought out and complementary visual aids.

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content vehicles in the

Outlook & Gmail are not to blame for crappy emails

and his inability to be concise I write a damn fine email : - )

physical vinyl records that made the Beatles awesome

It was their music , creativity & the hard work that went with it

famous because he chose to write on paper

It was his stories , writing style & insights

fault that your conversation sucks

friend is a really boring guy!

Blaming the vehicle/ medium in any of these cases would be

Absurd

It is the content & how it is delivered that is important

NOT the vehicle used to do it

As a presenter you need to bring your audience from

As a presenter you need to bring your audience from Mental Point A

As a presenter you need to bring your audience from Mental Point A Mental Point B To

You should use whatever vehicle works for you

They see a

Tell a good story and make effective, thoughtful visuals and know or care what software you used

Concentrating on the vehicle, rather than the route can

LAZY excuse

The worst thing about the PowerPoint blame game is that it distracts from the real issue

Laziness

By blaming the presentation software we take focus off the real problem

Lazy Users

We absolve users of any real responsibility

We absolve users of any real responsibility Are you calling me LAZY!

We absolve users of any real responsibility Are you calling me LAZY! Hell YEH!

The reality is that making bad presentations is a user - choice

Making bulletpoint filled slides is a choice

Was a choice

This was a choice

A choice

You can use PowerPoint as an autocue, but again that is a choice

You can choose to ignore great books like

Poor usage of the vehicle is a choice .

Like with a car, you can choose to drive recklessly

You can choose to drive to the wrong place

And you can choose to ignore the maps

car s fault

matters

matters the Presentation

And send the vehicle blame game to the scrapheap

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