Help Stop Death by PowerPoint
Aug 18, 2009 by Scott Stiefvater
You’ve been there… eyelids growing heavy, mind wandering, sitting through another boring business presentation. And what happens when it’s your turn to speak? Chances are you are committing some of the same presentations sins as everyone else. One of the greatest of these sins is the misuse of presentation software like PowerPoint.
Slides laden with bulleted text are not ingredients for a powerful presentation. But many of us don’t know any better. The templates provided by the software seem to beg for bullets and text and slide titles and logos and clipart. What were meant as tools to make presentation design more accessible and convenient for would-be-presenters have helped to shape a culture of poor public speaking. Perhaps even you have treated your PowerPoint slides as presentation notes, turning to read the bulleted text to your audience as if they couldn’t read it for themselves.
What does all this have to do with web development? Well, some of the same skills that make for great web design also make for great presentation design. And we’re not just talking graphic design skills; we’re talking strategy, planning, vision and the ability to distill the ideas you wish to impart to your audience into their simplest and clearest forms.
So don’t hesitate to turn to MB/I for presentation design services and workshops in taking your presentations to the next level. We want all your digital communications to be clear and compelling. Contact us today.
Aaron:
Noticed the discount on the class and was looking for:
1. price on the class for powerpoint
2. how to sign up on the web page.
Bob
Bob:
Thanks for the comment. The price for our “Avoid Causing Death by PowerPoint” Workshop is regularly $145 although we have a promotional price of $95 running until September 16, 2009. To sign-up, just contact me. We’ll have our online store up and running soon so you can sign up for classes there in the future.
Scott
Sorry. My email is scott@marissaberger.com.
Bob,
The link to sign up online is:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=7903319
The discounted price of $95 goes through 8/28. After 8/28, the price is $145.
Marissa
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