When Not to Use PowerPoint

PowerPoint has spread like crab grass.

As a result, people feel compelled to use it for everything.

So here's a warning.

PowerPoint may not be suitable for the following:

1) Bed time stories for children younger than three

2) Marriage proposals (unless this is your sixth, in which case you may need it)

3) Eulogies attended by old people (generally the BC generation, those born Before Computers)

4) Disciplinary lectures to a teenager

5) Family picnics in remote locations

6) Arguments with relatives, unless they bring out a flip chart

7) Presentations where you want to make a good impression

Hey!

How did Number 7 get in there?

Well, here's a tip.

If you design a PowerPoint presentation that is more interesting than your talk, you may as well stay home. Just send your file and let the audience click through the slides.

Why?

The less you rely on PowerPoint, the more they have to rely on you. And that makes you a more interesting, more effective speaker.

Key Point: Use PowerPoint (or Keynote) only when it enhances your presentation.

Much success,

Steve Kaye

Results Specialist

Speaker, Meeting Facilitator, and Author of 119 Tips for Effective Meetings

714-528-1300

PS: My workshop on Business Presentations shows how to give presentations that get results.