{"id":37,"date":"2006-10-07T13:31:32","date_gmt":"2006-10-07T12:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elementally.co.uk\/presentation-skills-blog\/2006\/10\/07\/powerpointless\/"},"modified":"2006-10-07T13:31:32","modified_gmt":"2006-10-07T12:31:32","slug":"powerpointless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.awareplus.co.uk\/presentation-skills-blog\/powerpointless\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerpointless"},"content":{"rendered":"

Powerpointless<\/strong> is one of those words that, when you hear it for the first time, you not only know exactly what it means but also wish you’d invented it. (Thanks to Alan at The Media Coach<\/a> for it!). The problem, of course, is that people never think their own<\/strong> powerpoint – or powerpoint trick (dissolve, fade, zoom, twist or other effect) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is pointless: it’s everyone else<\/em> that’s the problem, they say.<\/p>\n

Rubbish.<\/p>\n

Less is more \u00e2\u20ac\u201c because a presentation is not about showing off or showing how pretty you can make things. It’s about telling people things in the way they need to know it. The less distractions you have therefore, the better. Simple and elegant is preferable.<\/p>\n

Of course, there are<\/em> times when one does need<\/strong> to have some ‘flashy’ powerpoint<\/p>\n