Comments on: Thoughts on why bad presentations don’t go away

By: admin

admin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:29:43 +0000

Darren,
I agree, especially about the logo. But one of the reasons (besides branding) corporate types make those rules is that when they let everyone do whatever they want, the results are mostly awful. They don’t understand that specifying colors and font types don’t help very much. Instead, they need to give their presenters some skills they can use to design effective slides — as well as skills to deliver them more effectively.

By: Jon Thomas, Presentation Advisors

Jon Thomas, Presentation Advisors — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:20:17 +0000

Ellen,

Thanks for mentioning my blog! It always stunned me that this cycle of Death-by-PowerPoint seemed to have no end in sight. No matter how many people complained, it seemed to never sink in the minds of presenters. I agree though that the only way to end this vicious cycle is to evangelize upwards, getting management to express the importance of presenting effectively to those that report to them. Thus, when employees are asked to present, they spend the time necessary to do it right.

By: Public Speaking COurse

Public Speaking COurse — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:33:41 +0000

Why do presenters continue with Death by PowerPoiint? There are 2 reasons. The first is that ‘Management’ does it, therefore I must do it. The second is the Compliance Police who state, ‘That every slide must have the corporate logo, exact font type and size and it must be this colour.’ You haev to comply because it is in the compliance book.

The sooner this type of thinking is put to rest, the happier (and more engaged) audiences will be.

Cheers

Darren Fleming
Australia’s Corporate Speech Coach