Mel’s Ten Reasons to use Powerpoint
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First Reason: You don’t like to be watched, especially when you’re giving a presentation. Go ahead. Leave the audience in the dark. Maybe they are exhausted and will appreciate the opportunity.
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Second reason: You love hierarchical thinking. You love bullet points. You love verticals. You hate it when your audience asks questions. Let’s face it – Powerpoint is the place for you.
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Reason Number Three: Your presentation sucks and you haven’t had time to prepare it. Add some crazy fonts and little globes wandering around to distract the audience from your delivery. It works!
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Reason Number Four. You like pictures. What a great place to share them! Relatives, food, habits, insects. What a fantastic way to exhibit them all! It can also takes people’s mind off your subject. How can that be bad?
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Reason Number Five: Why learn your talk at all? You can have as much text on each slide you want. Read it out loud together with those in the audience sitting in the first row.
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Reason Number Six: It’s difficult to tell a story using Powerpoint. But if you hate to tell stories, then it’s a great excuse!
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Reason Number Eight. If Powerpoint is good enough for Donald Trump, it should be good enough for you. Maybe Jeff Bezos has barred Powerpoint from his company, but isn’t he a socialist?
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Second reason: Hey, no need for internet. In this day and age where everyone is using the net, you can be a maverick and stand out in the crowd. Be defiant! Be yourself! Use powerpoint!
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Reason Number Nine: Powerpoint is great for unidirectional talks, not requiring audience participation. Powerpoint is not very good for interactive talks, but wouldn’t you prefer it if your audience just shut up and listened?
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Reason Number Ten: Powerpoint costs the same, whether you have three slides or three hundred. So make as many as you want. Don’t time yourself. And don’t let the crowd know how many are left.
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Published: Aug 27, 2018
Latest Revision: Sep 3, 2018
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