Power Pointless

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Power Pointless

• A Caring Critique Of The Ubiquitous Presentation
  Software

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• With Power Point came the ability to do both
  graphics and text

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• WORDART

• With text came and slide
  transitions

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• And animation

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• And sound effects

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• And a chart wizard that can turn something
  understandable like this

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• Into something meaningless like this

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3 Ways to Use PowerPoint

• Visual-aid for a live presentation
• Non-interactive Kiosk
• Interactive Kiosk or online
• No single presentation will work in all 3
  formats!

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Common PowerPoint Problems

• Too much Too little
• Too many rules
• Rule of six
• Rule of three
• Rule of twenty
• Triple delivery leave-behinds

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PowerPoint Doesnt Respect Us!

• Office Assistant
• That annoying little paper clip that thinks it
  knows what we want to do
• The Light bulb
• No, I dont want a media clip that illustrates
  that concept!
• Auto content wizard
• Suggested as a joke, the name made fun of the
  inept user
• Overused, too many unrelated presentations look
  the same

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Why Do You Use PowerPoint?
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What Do You Hate About PowerPoint?
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What Tips Can You Offer To Improve Power Points ?
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A Few Simple Tips

• Use the W and B keys
• Raise the room lights
• Project on Marker board and mark-up or fill in
  your presentations
• (have students do it!)
• Limited use of animation, transition and sound
  effects

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My Rule of Six Suggestions

• Use for Discussion Questions
• Create slides during Brainstorming
• Go Retro the slide/sound approach
• The single slide approach
• Give In do brief marketing presentations for
  ideas or persuasive speeches
• Less is More ban the use of clip-art,
  templates, themes, etc.

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PowerPoint

• Peter Norvigs The Gettysburg Powerpoint
  Presentation
• The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation