[RightOnline]

If used properly, PowerPoint is a fantastic tool. Trouble is, most have no clue how to use it properly.

[swain_forkbeard]

No. No. It’s Powerpoint’s fault.

[ASA Vet]

If used properly, PowerPoint is a fantastic tool. Trouble is, most have no clue

BINGO!!!

[sanchmo]

Exactly. PPT is a tool, and those who use it incorrectly blame the tool itself.

PPT is a visual tool, and only slightly interactive. Human speech is a combination of auditory text, some visual gestures and speech inflection for illumination & clarification, and the highest levels of interactivity available.

Here’s a hint: if you type either a lot of text or just brief bullet points into a slide, and then proceed to regurgitate the text, your audience will walk away wishing to kill you.

Next time, create a half-hour of great discussion materials with just 2-3 slides by creating a handful of higly detailed diagrams & illustrations, animating then so that each starts with a very simple structure and builds up over time into a more complete picture of complexity, and when you present get up off your butt, use your voice and your hands and your facial gestures and a separate flip-board to communicate in any way your audience can understand.