CHAPTER 9: USING (WITHOUT MISUSING) POWERPOINT
Countless books explain how to use Microsoft® PowerPoint® effectively. Trainers teach the topic. Coaches and consultants offer tips. Advice is plentiful.
Nevertheless, most presenters display slides that are cluttered, text-filled, and boring. Worse, they use their slides as their presentations rather than to enhance their presentations. This problem is particularly common among technical professionals.
Make no mistake: your slides significantly influence your listeners’ reaction to your presentation. This chapter will help you make that reaction a positive one.
PowerPoint: a solution – and a problem
Remember Tom, the high-tech executive in Chapter 6 who began his presentation by saying, “I want ...
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