When it comes to training presentations, “Death
by PowerPoint” is a popular phrase these days. The phrase is usually
referring to classroom presentations composed of seemingly endless
PowerPoint slides accompanied by lecture.
But, in a lot of ways, I think PowerPoint
gets a bad rap. Someone once told me Einstein said something to the
effect of something is truly beautiful when it is simple. PowerPoint is
simple. It’s also intuitive, allows photos or videos and even audio
files to be attached to selected slides. Because
of all this, it makes creating relatively engaging presentation visual
aids quick and easy. And best of all it’s very reliable, stable and can
be accessed and played almost anywhere on fairly limited hardware.
So…we must ask ourselves; is it the medium of PowerPoint that’s to
blame or…dare I say it? Is it more the result of a boring presenter
that puts the “Death” in “Death by PowerPoint?"
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