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

February 11, 2010 by Ellen Finkelstein 3 Comments

I had to share this comment from a discussion going on in the LinkedIn Learning, Education and Training Professionals Group group. There have been many great comments, but I got permission from Dr. William Brantley to share this one: “The worst PowerPoint presentation I ever attended was given by a senior professor in the Education […]

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Filed Under: Content, Delivery, Design, Surveys Tagged With: Death by PowerPoint, worst experience

Please join me in the Campaign Against Death by PowerPoint!

December 28, 2009 by Ellen Finkelstein Leave a Comment

As you may know, I’ve launched a new web site, www.tellnshow.com, and with it a new project – the Campaign Against Death by PowerPoint. This post is especially to those of you in the presentation/speaking community, but anyone can participate. Since you help people improve their presenting and speaking and I know you’d like to […]

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Thoughts on why bad presentations don’t go away

November 27, 2009 by Ellen Finkelstein 3 Comments

In the Presentation Advisors blog, there’s a post called, “Audience Members are from Venus, Presenters are from Mars,” which explains some of the frustrations that presentation consultants and experts experience. Basically, if you ask the general public (audiences) what is bad about most presentations, they know. But presenters (who are obviously sometimes audience members) seem […]

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New video on Campaign Against Death by PowerPoint

November 22, 2009 by Ellen Finkelstein Leave a Comment

I created a short video explaining the Campaign Against Death by PowerPoint. Let me know what you think!

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Filed Under: Misc. PowerPoint Tips, Resources Tagged With: Death by PowerPoint, tellnshow

Join the Campaign Against Death by PowerPoint!

November 12, 2009 by Ellen Finkelstein Leave a Comment

My new Campaign Against Death by PowerPoint aims to improve presentations skills and reduce the suffering of audiences. Instead of waiting for presenters to wake up and read the good advice of presentation experts, I want to harness the audience. The campaign lets the audience fight back—and help presenters. To do your part, take 4 […]

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Filed Under: Events, Resources Tagged With: campaign, Death by PowerPoint, tellnshow, white paper

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