Seth Godin recently wrote a post reiterating points he made on bad powerpoint presentations, and how they can become great ones. He makes a lot of great points. I’ve enforced many of these in the past, and he makes some great points I haven’t heard before. One of the key things to remember about giving a presentation with powerpoint is that you are the one giving the presentation, not the powerpoint. It is merely there to support you, but you are the one ultimately selling. Seth’s point on using only up to 6 words per slide seems to work with that idea.
As I think back to all of the poor powerpoint presentations I had to sit through in meetings, it is nice to read this breath of fresh air. Take a moment of your time and read his post. You’ll come out a stronger powerpoint presenter if you take his words to heart.
[tags]presentation, powerpoint, speech, Seth Godin[/tags]
