bad power point
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How to do
BADPowerPoint!PowerPoint!
Use different colors on
every slide
Use lotsof
fancy fonts
Don’t prepare any handouts.Don’t prepare any handouts.
Everyone will be paying attentionEveryone will be paying attention
to your every word,to your every word,
and will remember everythingand will remember everything
next week,next week,
so who needs paper?so who needs paper?
Don’t worry about checking speling
or gramar.
Save your main point until the very
end,
then say it only once!
Don’t rehearse, and don’t check out the equipment or facilitybefore your presentationstarting time.
Use monochromatic,
low contrast colors
for text and background
Use irrelevant graphics
and audio clipsto distract your audience.
Memorize your talk word for
word.
Then, if you lose your place, you can start all
over again!
Cram lots of small size text on every slide.
See, isn’t this legible from 20 feet away? http://www.microsoft.com/office/powerpoint/default.asp
http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/index.html
http://www.soniacoleman.com/templates.htm
http://www.websiteestates.com/ppoint.html
http://www.brainybetty.com/20Percent.htm
http://www.brainybetty.com/index1.htm
https://www.microsoft.com/office/using/column08.asp
http://www.presentingsolutions.com/effectivepresentations.asp
http://www.bitbetter.com/powertips.htm
http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com/powerpointtips.htm
Start talking before the animation
stopsPeople tend to stop listening while they are
watching, but who cares?
Don’t use any logical
progression in presenting your
thoughts; this will keep your audience
guessing!
Use many special effects
and lots of animation;
everyone will be very impressed!
Don’t worry about matching the design of your slides to the situation and topic.
Go ahead and use a circus theme for an executive
budget meeting!
Zoom through the Zoom through the slides, and don’t slides, and don’t
add any more add any more information.information.
Don’t give any Don’t give any thoughtthought
to pacing.to pacing. Put several unrelated ideas on
a single slide or string a single thought…
through several slides.
Remember Burma Shave?
Don’t summarize,
review the major points,
or bring your presentation full
circle to a conclusion.
And be sure to end with this view…!
Created (with tongue firmly in cheek) by
Sharon BarnesSouth Central Kansas Library System