Yet in my training workshops, I see again and again how grateful people are for a cease-fire in the visual bombardment. Too much for some – they can’t cope without the continuous screen-crutch. For many, that choice is a big deal, a psychological hurdle demanding lots of courage. You use the screen only when a slide directly and specifically illustrates your point. Yes, just you, directly in front of the audience, conveying ideas armed only with your reason, conviction and passion. A revolution in how we use visual aids.Ĭhoose to speak mostly without visual aids The following method brings PowerPoint audiences back to life, makes them absorb the messages, and generates special applause for the presenters. Okay, now that I have your confession, here’s what you need to know. Do you think presentations are about visual aids with your voice on the side? Do you inflict PowerPoint on your audiences from beginning to end? Do your audiences look like hypnotized chickens in less than a minute? Audiences are routinely disengaged and ill-informed.Ĭonfession time. PowerPoint is arguably the best visual aid ever invented, but it is used so abysmally by so many that the standard of presentations world-wide has plummeted. If any institution is interested in practical outcomes, it has to be the armed forces. He also likened it to an internal threat, and banned it. Some problems are not bulletizable.” This from General James N Mattis, Joint Forces commander: “PowerPoint makes us stupid”. This from the highest levels in the Pentagon: “PowerPoint stifles discussion, critical thinking and thoughtful decision-making.” This from Brigadier General McMaster: “PowerPoint is dangerous because it creates the illusion of understanding. This is a guest article by Bookboon author Michael Brown.
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