Comments on: PowerPoint Presentation Skills Tips for Effective Presenting

By: RAJENDER KUMAR

RAJENDER KUMAR — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:39:57 +0000

It is wonderful to note the advice you provided regarding presentation as an instructor i will try my best to avoid the ppt because i do not want to hide my self in daark while delivering a lecture. thank u very much.

By: Swanee Heidberg

Swanee Heidberg — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:58:47 +0000

Excellent advise. I am just starting to do presentations for my company and we use powerpoint all the time. I did go through and “clean up” the ones that I don’t think have a powerful message or could even confuse people more.
Thank you.
Swanee Heidberg
JCC Alliance Network

By: Martin Haworth

Martin Haworth — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:16:29 +0000

Nothing beats real experience in the subject, with personal anecdotes to enlighten and lighten.

Martin Haworth

By: Kristina Evey

Kristina Evey — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:01:39 +0000

This is an excellent post with many take-aways. For ANYONE who presents, this is a must read! I speak and present regularly, and it’s always good to have these points reiterated, no matter where you are in your skills.

By: Barry Mapp

Barry Mapp — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:58:37 +0000

I affirm all your points here about giving, or rather ‘not giving’, powerpoint presentations when delivering a speech or talk.

Most of my professional speaking colleagues in the UK use powerpoint only very sparingly, if at all, and only then to display video clips or images to make a point.

What I do sometimes an an alternative to the ordinary handout is provide a follow-up powerpoint slideshow ‘podcast’ with my voice-over the slides. The last one I did was on enhancing the networking elevator pitch, and for a bit of fun I set the words on the slides to music and did a ’sing-over’!

Barry Mapp – the Innovation Coach

By: Marci Reynolds

Marci Reynolds — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:14:07 +0000

Perfect timing for this post. I am preparing a presentation and want to avoid powerpoints. I can use these tips immediately. Thanks!

Marci Reynolds
J2B Marketing

By: Lenny Laskowski

Lenny Laskowski — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:33:35 +0000

Like anything else, we need to use these tools sparingly. Powerpoint, just like overhead slides and any other visual aid needs to be an “AID” to your presentation and not become THE presentation.

The audience does need some visual stimulus besides just hearing a speaker, especially those audience members who are visual learners. Powerpoint, just like overhead projectors are tools, which when used properly, can enhance a presentation.

Used in moderation, visual aids can be used to get your message across more effectively.

National Best Selling Author, “10 Days to More Confident Public Speaking”

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:54:48 +0000

There is just one exception that I would include to the ‘not use ppt’ and that is someone who is new to presentations. I lecture in the garden field, so maybe that is different as most people like pretty garden pictures, but I have found that people can describe a picture and the plusses and minusses of a scene or physical plant. This is a way to promt and destress the presentor. I can do without for the most part, but I do encourage new people use these tools.

My last presentation though was great one to use the new tools in ppt – I used active screen shots to show how to manipulate a series of images into a short video and put it onto youtube – it was great fun and so mamy people came up to me afterward to say how easy I had made it seem. So even for those of us who are experienced – these programs have a real advantage sometimes.
Kate

By: Martin Shovel

Martin Shovel — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:12:26 +0000

Excellent post, as always. Thought you might be interested in a post on the same theme that I’ve just put up. Its title is – Warning: PowerPoint may cause template thinking syndrome. You can read it here: http://www.creativityworks.net/blog/

By: Lenny Laskowski

Lenny Laskowski — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:26:35 +0000

Most professional speakers who teach presentation skills, as I do, are NOT big advocates of PowerPoint. I encourage clients I work with to not use PowerPoint whenever possible. I work with them to teach them how to be more conversational.

National Best Selling Author, “10 Days to More Confident Public Speaking”