Death by Powerpoint!

Today in class, we had to read an article about how many people mess up their PowerPoint presentations. Of course, most people know how to make a PowerPoint presentation, but do they know how to make a proper one?
Well here's an article I read today, by Andrew Wahl. This article explains about how many people make a presentation but while they are presenting, they bore the audience to death. There are many reasons as to why this happens.
The main point is that when teachers teach you how to make a power point presentation, they just teach you the basics. They don't teach you how to actually present one successfully.
Many people don't follow some rules that apply to presenting well.
It is important that you know how to present in a way that doesn't bore the audience and that they can get something affective out of it.
Now a days, many people and companies and speeches etc, ask you to do a PowerPoint presentation when you are giving information out. PowerPoint is the second most used communication transfer.
In this article we just read, it gives you a few general rules that help you present better, without putting your audience to sleep. The funny thing is that these are the same rules that Mr.Case taught us!
Here's a small review.
-The presenter is the most important part of your presentation.
-Don't make your PowerPoint too long.
-Don't use any pictures or sounds that would distract the audience.
-Always use jot notes.
-Make sure your on the same page as your slide or else you'll look foolish.
-Never look at your PowerPoint when presenting; either use cue cards or look at the little computer.
- Your PowerPoint shouldn't assist you.
One more important things you need to know is the ''B'' key. This is the key that blacks out the screen.

Those were just a few rules you can use to help you in presenting. But of course I had already talked about them, but there is never anything wrong with reviewing them!

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See you soon,

Peggy