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Wednesday, January 31, 2007

If using pictures is wrong, I don't wanna be right

I figured since everyone else in the world already threw in their two cents about PowerPoint, I may as well do the same.

Here are my (only) two rules:

1. PowerPoint is for PICTURES
2. Slides = 8 words or less

That's it.

Also, a lot of my audience members have been requesting my slides lately. I thought I'd pull a Tom Peters and just post them here for download.

Enjoy!

LET ME ASK YA THIS...
What are your PPT rules?

LET ME SUGGEST THIS...
If you have some cool slides, link or post them here!

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Scott Ginsberg
Author/Speaker/That Guy with the Nametag
www.hellomynameisscott.com

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3 Comments:

At 2:20 PM, Debby said...: Scott, you are the only speaker/presenter that seems to understand how to use visuals. Even at the WOMMA conference last year, most of the presenters used PP in the "old" way and their handouts were the minatures of the PP slides. And these were the corporate bigwigs. Bob Garfield also stood out from the field, acting like he didn't know now to use PP properly, but in doing so made it extremely funny.
At 9:22 PM, Lisa said...: I can't claim these as "my" rules, because I am a convert to Cliff Atkinson's "Beyond Bullet Points" philosophy. He starts from a "3-act" story template, which lays the framework for a story-based presentation. He also limits text to two lines, and uses the full slide for images. That's just the nutshell version; if you haven't read the book, I recommend it. It's such an effective and fresh approach.
At 4:05 AM, Hali Chambers said...: I think the POINT of power point is to show your audience what you're talking about. It should ENHANCE the presentation, not BE the presentation. The BEST power point I've ever seen is Bruce Lipton, author of The Biology of Belief. I've seen him a few times, and every time is different. He keeps it fresh and very, very FUNny. There was one time he couldn't get one of his clips to work, and he just said, "OK, IMAGINE this!" and took the audience with him on a description about the workings of a cell. He was not speaking to a group of scientists, but at the end, we were all cheering. Cell biology! WOO-HOO!!! :-) H.