Comments on: What’s your worst experience watching or delivering a PowerPoint presentation?

By: Steve Skarratt

Steve Skarratt — Wed, 25 May 2011 14:39:39 +0000

Not long ago I was Training manager at a site that provided training for the engineering fraternity. I inherited a number of trainers who were extremely knowledgeable engineers, but this expanse of knowedge was almost inversely proportional to their training abilities. To familiarise myself with the programmes at the site I was responsible for, I sat in on them. The first day, one trainer had 220 slides. And we saw them all. Requiring a sea change inthe belief of these trainers is an uphill struggle. Their philosophy is “Everything that I know needs to be told to you so that you will know it. And everything I tell you must be repeated verbatim on a powerpoint slide.” Aaaaaaaaargh…

By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:05:13 +0000

The first that comes to mind is a 105 slide ppt created by a partner at the law firm I am with. He created it to use as his opening statement for an arbitration and nearly each slide consisted of several lines of text, most of which he read verbatim. The slides he didn’t read he clicked right through.

Attorneys are notorious for creating and giving horrible, verbose PowerPoint presentations.

By: Kim_Office_Team

Kim_Office_Team — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:03:13 +0000

Thanks for starting this fun conversation. There are definitely ways to strengthen PowerPoint presentation. I’m sure the Office page on LinkedIn would really appreciate you joining the conversation. There you can share your expertise with the community. Check it out at http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1913738&trk=anetsrch_name&goback=.gdr_1265943438872_1

Cheers,
KIM
MSFT Office Outreach Team