please empty your brain below
i guess we've all been there... i wonder how many of us do the same thing though???

tim | 13.07.10 - 8:57 a.m. | #

Powerpoint fail. No-one ever needs more than 30 words on a slide.

Novaelius | 13.07.10 - 9:57 a.m. | #

So how would you have done it differently? I presume the person given the task was told you have to convey: a and b and c and d and e and f and g and x and y and oh don't forget m, n ,o p, q, r, s t, u v, w. If your company doesn't know what it's mission is - stated in one very concise phrase then all this claptrap is a waste of space.

B | 13.07.10 - 10:20 a.m. | #

Ehhh no. Not Powerpoint fail, that's blaming the tool.

I've been (hell, I've delivered) some good presentations using Powerpoint.

One word per slide, know your content well and talk to the audience.

(personal/professional bugbear here, apologies!)

Gordon | Homepage | 13.07.10 - 10:23 a.m. | #

At the induction for my current job, the presenter put up each new slide for 30 or so seconds so she could read it to herself (and give us a chance to do the same); then she read it out verbatim.
We'd all been subjected to the same slideshow at the assessment centre and the interview day. That was a long morning.

I saw her doing the same presentation when I was helping at later interview day. She misread the slide and told the candidates that Siemens was founded "way back in 1847 by Sir William Shakespeare". She didn't notice her error; and just carried on.

martin | Homepage | 13.07.10 - 10:59 a.m. | #

How was the buzzword bingo?

SCaryduck | Homepage | 13.07.10 - 2:11 p.m. | #

That was funny. Trying to imagine what my mission statement and cultural values are being a self employed dinosaur.

Perhaps she was nervous? Perhaps it was her first presentation? She brightened up my day whatever it was.

Amused | 13.07.10 - 2:38 p.m. | #

And all over in a flash and time for a cup of tea before you got back to your desk DG. Perfect.

Chicago Addick | Homepage | 14.07.10 - 1:27 a.m. | #

Depends on the audience (there are some accessibility questions) but generally it's fewer words on screen and different, paraphrasing words off.

Then and again, stage fright can reduce the wittiest of presentations down to rote reading. Been there, embarassingly done that. Plus literally tripped over my own feet on the way up to the front of the room. But there's no denying that sinking, squirmy feeling when you have to sit through one of these. It's hard work.

Rose | 14.07.10 - 3:04 a.m. | #











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