Comments on: A wish-list for presentations in 2009

By: Susan Crawford

Susan Crawford — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:20:00 +0000

You forgot to mention how much time presenters waste setting up their equipment. I would like to draw your attention to our mobile AV presentation system… too easy. Wheel it in, plug it in and you’re away.

By: Simon

Simon — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:26:09 +0000

Hi George – don’t take the idea toooooooo seriously… although the presentation I sat through earlier today probably leads me to want to up the voltage! While you guys were listening to Barack Obama, I was listening to the most self-indulgent public speaking you’ve ever heard!

By: George Torok

George Torok — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:49:25 +0000

I like your idea of giving the PowerPoint fiends an electric shock. About time that they felt the pain of their audience.

I agree that detail belongs in print – not on the screen.

George Torok

By: PowerPoint Design in 2009: Six most recommended tips : Speaking about Presenting

PowerPoint Design in 2009: Six most recommended tips : Speaking about Presenting — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:11:35 +0000

[...] the presentation. Cliff Atkinson: Your handouts [are] the repository for detailed information. Simon Raybould: [Have] well-written hand-outs to leave behind after the presentation for those who want to know [...]

By: Simon

Simon — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 10:06:47 +0000

So we substitute Death by Powerpoint with “There’s something worse than death by PowerPoint” ?

By: Travis Dahle

Travis Dahle — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:14:58 +0000

Love the article…it is something that I wish for as well. When you say its not as big as world peace, I agree, but have you ever read ‘Good Omens’? In it one of the characters name Crowley is a demon and he works on not one soul at a time, but making things miserable for a number of people, who will then be miserable to others, who continue to pass it on…its like exponential evil all from something small…that’s actually what I think bad presentations do to people, it builds on you and puts you in a bad mood…then you spread that bad mood…and it just builds…so maybe it isn’t such a bad goal after all and can help with world peace.