Comments on: How (Not) to Present with PowerPoint

By: Darla Mittler

Darla Mittler — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:12:40 +0000

This was absolutely brilliant. I can’t begin to number the times I have had to sit through presentations that were like this! Thanks so much! I’m sharing this with all my followers.

By: Simon Roskrow

Simon Roskrow — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 06:54:16 +0000

I’m a fan of this video, but it’s also slightly disturbing. I sometimes use it as an intro to my presentation skills training courses, and them move swiftly on to seeing the delegates present the first few minutes of something they’ve brought with them.

To support Frank’s point, the vast majority of delegates make more than one of the mistakes that Don satirises, and, more worryingly, although they have laughed through his sketch, they are generally unaware that they are doing it.

By: Gz

Gz — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:46:34 +0000

I have to do a powerpoint presentatation soon but i am having a problem with making the slides so can u please guide and help me,and again thanks for the information its really usefull.

By: Nkululeko

Nkululeko — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:16:15 +0000

I must say you got me cracking here, I was so nervous about my presentation to the Executive Team tomorrow, beside the comedy this is great stuff.

Regards

By: Diana Cimon

Diana Cimon — Sat, 28 May 2011 11:15:25 +0000

Picked up some good tips from your site and this comedy routine is a gem! Tx!

By: Samba

Samba — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:50:58 +0000

Good presentation and very useful. I showed common mistakes of most of the professoionals

By: sanaz

sanaz — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 11:32:16 +0000

thanks…i have peresentation next week.im looking for a good power point presentation as example…

By: Nestor,T.

Nestor,T. — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:16:55 +0000

This was such a helpful site, and quess what, I managed to score 100% for a clinical science presentation at university. Thank you. x

By: Laura Christianson

Laura Christianson — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:53:27 +0000

I laughed out loud (multiple times) during this video – thanks for sharing it. I’m embedding it on my own blog Monday. Perfect timing, too, as I’m finalizing six PowerPoint presentations for a conference I’ll be teaching at next week.

Over the years (and through making many PowerPoint bloopers myself), I’ve learned that “less is more.” I try to accompany an hour-long presentation with five slides (10 max), all of which feature large images and very little type. Images really resonate with my audience, especially if I key in on a visual that helps them remember my spoken content. So far, it seems to be working.

By: Michele

Michele — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:57:31 +0000

I often present to group such as engineers, and I find that these are very visual people; I started out with PowerPoint – mindful of Don’s video of course – which was marginally successful; and now I’m back to butcher’s paper and flip charts!

This simple aid allows me to talk them through the diagrams step by step with a much higher recal factor.

I could think of nothing worse than going into these situations with a PowerPoint presentations crammed with info. I believe less is best, and the equipment should never replace the presenter