RE: PowerPoint Makes You Dumb?

[Lyn Worthen <Lyn -dot- Worthen -at- caselle -dot- com>]

It's not the tool that's the problem.  It's how it's used.

I've seen excellent presentations that took advantage of PPT's ability to
present text, charts, graphics, etc., as a supplement to the speaker's
content.

I've also suffered through the "I'm going to read you each and every bullet
point on the next twenty-seven slides without giving much connecting
information" presentations.  And guess what - not all of these were PPT
presentations.  Some used chalkboards, whiteboards, flip-charts, etc.

Whenever I train presenters, I encourage them to prepare for the inevitable
AV failure.  I pound it into their heads that "content is king" and that
anything they're using to illustrate that content is SUPPLEMENTAL and should
be thought of as a resource, and not as the core of their presentation.

It's basic public-speaking skills that are lacking here.

Lyn Worthen
Curriculum Developer
Caselle, Inc.

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