http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/design/robbery-at-bullet-point/ Presentation tips from Olivia Mitchell Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:50:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/design/robbery-at-bullet-point/comment-page-1/#comment-1540 Olivia Mitchell Fri, 15 May 2009 21:39:44 +0000 http://speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=605#comment-1540 I so agree Jen. And the vast majority of people out there presenting in the business world haven't had any training either, so they just copy what they see everybody else doing - presenting with bullet-point slides. But things are starting to change as some presenters start to adopt a more visual style of PowerPoint. It will start to spread as audiences see presenters with visual slides and get more engaged - then they'll start doing it and so on, slide-by-slide and presenter-by-presenter. And then text-heavy slides will be a thing of the past! Olivia I so agree Jen. And the vast majority of people out there presenting in the business world haven’t had any training either, so they just copy what they see everybody else doing – presenting with bullet-point slides. But things are starting to change as some presenters start to adopt a more visual style of PowerPoint. It will start to spread as audiences see presenters with visual slides and get more engaged – then they’ll start doing it and so on, slide-by-slide and presenter-by-presenter. And then text-heavy slides will be a thing of the past! Olivia

]]> http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/design/robbery-at-bullet-point/comment-page-1/#comment-1539 Jen Fri, 15 May 2009 19:14:56 +0000 http://speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=605#comment-1539 10 years after finishing school, I can't understand why students aren't taught how to present. I gave countless presentation during my educational career, but I was never taught <em>how</em> to give a presentation. My very first Power Point presentation consisted of nothing but text because I didn't know any better. It's such a necessary skill these days and you shouldn't have to be a natural-born presenter to do it well. 10 years after finishing school, I can’t understand why students aren’t taught how to present. I gave countless presentation during my educational career, but I was never taught how to give a presentation. My very first Power Point presentation consisted of nothing but text because I didn’t know any better. It’s such a necessary skill these days and you shouldn’t have to be a natural-born presenter to do it well.

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