Don't Blame PowerPoint: It's just a vehicle

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1. Don’t Blame PowerPoint It’s just a vehicle

2. Don’t Blame PowerPoint It’s just a vehicle …That is often

   driven poorly

3. In a car crash it is nearly always the driver

   who is to blame

4. NOT the vehicle itself

5. But when it comes to bad presentations people are quick

   to blame PowerPoint

6. Some misguided people even start political parties against it

7. This is stupid.

8. This is stupid. Really Stupid.

9. A PowerPoint deck is not the presentation

10. A PowerPoint deck is not the presentation PowerPoint is a

    vehicle for your visual aids

11. Your presentation is your message and your information. It takes

    hours of careful craft and consideration

12. Your PowerPoint is your vehicle to communicate well thought out

    and complementary visual aids.

13. PowerPoint isn’t “evil”

14. PowerPoint isn’t “evil” It’s neutral

15. We don’t think of other content vehicles in the same

    way…

16. For Example…

17. Outlook & Gmail are not to blame for crappy emails

18. It’s your annoying Boss and his inability to be concise

    I write a damn fine email :-)

19. It wasn’t the physical vinyl records that made the Beatles

    awesome

20. It was their music, creativity & the hard work that

    went with it

21. George Orwell wasn’t famous because he chose to write on

    paper…

22. It was his stories, writing style & insights

23. It isn’t your phone’s fault that your conversation sucks

24. It’s just that your friend is a really boring guy!

25. Blaming the vehicle/ medium in any of these cases would

    be

26. Absurd

27. It is the content & how it is delivered that

    is important

28. NOT the vehicle used to do it

29. As a presenter you need to bring your audience from

30. As a presenter you need to bring your audience from

    Mental Point A

31. As a presenter you need to bring your audience from

    Mental Point A Mental Point B To

32. You should use whatever vehicle works for you

33. The audience don’t see…

34. The audience don’t see…

35. The audience don’t see…

36. The audience don’t see…

37. They see a screen…

38. Tell a good story and make effective, thoughtful visuals and

    they won’t know or care what software you used

39. Concentrating on the vehicle, rather than the route can go

    badly…

40. What’s more…

41. It’s a freaking LAZY excuse

42. The worst thing about the PowerPoint blame game is that

    it distracts from the real issue

43. Laziness

44. By blaming the presentation software we take focus off the

    real problem

45. Lazy Users

46. We absolve users of any real responsibility

47. We absolve users of any real responsibility Are you calling

    me LAZY!

48. We absolve users of any real responsibility Are you calling

    me LAZY! Hell YEH!

49. The reality is that making bad presentations is a user-choice

50. Making bulletpoint filled slides is a choice

51. This…

52. None

53. Was a choice

54. None

55. This was a choice

56. None

57. Yep…

58. A choice

59. You can use PowerPoint as an autocue, but again that

    is a choice

60. You can choose to ignore great books like

61. Poor usage of the vehicle is a choice.

62. Like with a car, you can choose to drive recklessly

63. You can choose to drive to the wrong place

64. And you can choose to ignore the maps…

65. But that isn’t the car s fault ’

66. So…

67. Let’s focus on what really matters

68. Let’s focus on what really matters the Presentation

69. And send the vehicle blame game to the scrapheap

70. If you agree then why not spread the word

71. Check out my site @ www.clearpreso.com Or click here to

    send me a tweet! @clearpreso