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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Death by PowerPoint: A Funny Video with Great Advice on How to Avoid the Most Common PowerPoint Mistakes
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 233 of 233The video shows what not to do in a powerpoint. We have all seen people that put way to much useless stuff in a presentation and its just looks horrible. The video was funny and exaggerates the most common mistakes.
I completely agree that it is not a good idea to have a slide show that is extremely wordy. For starters you don't want to read off every word and also this can distract the audience. When I do a slide i try and keep it to the fewest words possible and still get the point across. Wordy slides get distracting to the views and can bore them. It is not a good idea to ave a large diagram on your slide that can be confusing because you want your audience to follow along with you.
Really funny and very true. The biggest one for me is the reading off the powerpoint, that is the most ineffective one! Not only do you actually lose your audience but it shows you were unprepared and didnt actually put the time in for your listeners. People pick up on that would almost much rather read the powerpoint instead of listen to you read it to them. People read faster than somebody can speak it so why now. Might as well just ask when everybody is done and click to next slide
This is a very funny, but true video! Most of us have made some of these mistakes while making a PowerPoint Presentation. Even though it's easy to just read off the screen,the presentation is much more effective if you know what you are talking about.
this is funny, yet true. Most of us have problems with powerpoint presentations. They take a lot of time and attention. I am definitely glad I saw this before my presentation.
This video is very funny and so true. Sometimes when making power points we don't realize how much info we really put on them. This video was really helpful because my presentation for class is tomorrow. I might have to make a few adjustments. The video showed me that less is more when comes power points.
Though this guys standup isn’t very funny, he made many valid points. I think most of the things he said should be common knowledge, but there are still so many people who make these mistakes. When giving a good presentation, the PowerPoint should just be a guide and is there to help you, not hinder you. People should use PowerPoint to their advantage, and stay clear of these very common mistakes. PowerPoint’s should be used as a reference.
I thought this video was really funny. Most of it is very true. I'll admit when I have to give a presentation it's a lot easier to basically have everything I'm going to say on the slides. I am getting better about it though, especially after seeing this video.
I really don’t like PowerPoint at all. More often than not, it’s used as a crutch more so than a visual aid. In fact, Steve Jobs said in his biography that he absolutely hated PowerPoint because it destroys the ability to be spontaneous. Part of his disdain could have been the fact that it’s a Microsoft product, but regardless, I agree. At the very least, if you’re going to make one, don’t repeat the mistakes you see in the video.
This video is good. I like it. People are often nervous when they are presenting a topic in front of people. But less is more...so don't crowd the PP slides.
I really enjoyed this video. I like how he brought comedy into something that would otherwise be pretty boring. Talking about Powerpoints would not have been as interesting without his comedic take on it with proven examples of what people do in their Powerpoints. I've learned a thing or two from this video and will use it throughtout the rest of my career.
Im glad I watched this before making my powerpoint for the presentation. Everyone in college should see this video. It will help everyone when it comes to making powerpoints. This video is supposed to be funny but it has a lot of truth in it also. I think a lot of people get carried away with the number of bullets and words they put on a powerpoint slide. After watching this I will be more careful about how I make my powerpoints.
This was really funny and so true. PowerPoint presentations are supposed to be used as a guide for the viewer. To help the audience see or fully understand the material. This skit hit all the common misstake areas people make. I am glad I got to see this before my presentation. Hopefully I will be able to avoid these mistakes.
Good video. Out of all of my classes, no professor has talked about what you should or should not do when creating a power point presentation. I gave a presentation last semester and after watching this video I apparently had way too many bullet points on my slides. I got a good grade but even that professor didn't say to slim down the bullet points. Well now I know.
this guy is hilarious... It's so funny b/c soooo many ppl do this. Watching college presentations are like waterboarding!!! outright torture.......
I really don't think this guy missed out on anything at all. The thing that bothers me the most is people reading paragraphs straight from the slide itself. If you don't know more about the information you are giving a presentation about, then why should I be listening to you? I'll just wikipedia what I need to know instead.
THANK YOU!!! I wish everyone was made to watch this (even teaches). Misspelled words are a pet peeve of mine. On Tuesday I couldn't pay attention to what the guy was saying because I was pointing out all his misspelled words. Have someone else read your stuff that way they can catch stuff that spell check even misses. I hate when people put say a dark background with dark words, like a gray background and black words. That is dumb. I loved watching this video!!
HAHA very funny! Now I feel glad that when I gave my presentation yesterday I did a lot of it from memory! It defiantly does annoy me when someone gets up there and just reads the slides... they should be short and to the point. You are the one who should teach, not the computer.
I really don’t like PowerPoint at all. More often than not, it’s used as a crutch more so than a visual aid. In fact, Steve Jobs said in his biography that he absolutely hated PowerPoint because it destroys the ability to be spontaneous. Part of his disdain could have been the fact that it’s a Microsoft product, but regardless, I agree. At the very least, if you’re going to make one, don’t repeat the mistakes you see in the video.
This video was timely as we must do a power point presentation in the near future for this class. I agree with some of his suggestions. I actually think that I will follow some of his suggestions as well. This was a funny way to present this material. I did learn something from his presentation.
Funny video. I hate when people read off PowerPoints word for word, it's so boring. It made a lot of funny but true points.
This video was funny and also very informative. Sometimes people do go over board with their power points and thing that more is better. When you clutter your information, you tend to lose your audience amongst that clutter. Keeping it simple with a little animation is the best way to go for a power point and I will definitely keep this in mind when I make my next presentation.
I really enjoyed this video. It is so true. Students and professors included tend to go a little crazy when it comes to powerpoint. It is almost the more "unique" and "different" their powerpoint is the better their point will come across. Nothing bothers me more then having every word which is going to be said on the power point slide and the same goes with the bullet points. That is very common with teachers. Student however like all the COOL looking features like the color schemes, crazy fonts, and the animation. Some is ok however when every sentence looks like an art major drew the words and a first grader picked the colors it gets to be to overwhelming. KEEP IT SIMPLE.
This is my favorite link of the day so far. I love stand up comedy and it makes learning the "what not to do's" of powerpoint much easier. This video will actually be very helpful for me when I create my powerpoints for my presentations in this class.
HAHA...this was very good. Sadly, it's true! Very often (especially with student presentations), you see these mistakes occur. I've made them myself, but quickly learned the basics of keeping a powerpoint simple. I think all beginner business students should watch this video :)
This video was very funny. Everything he said in the video was true. Now everytime I make a PowerPoint I'm gonna be sure to be careful and check it over and over again for mistakes.
The gentleman had me at fourtenn seconds. If it is one thing i can't stand it is everything you are going to say is placed on a slide. I am a senior business major in college and it is quite sad how students make this mistake just as they are about to walk out of school. It frustrates me that teachers at my institution don't take a more productive role in pointing this out or assigning a lower grade for these mistakes. As a business professional you should be feel confident enough that you don't need a slide to tell you or remind you of anyting. You should be knowledgeable enough of your work to relay it to an audience without the assistance of powerpoint. Maybe a few words every now and then but it should more so consist of "simple" graphs.
I liked this video. Im pretty sure i did everything he talked a bout in my presentation yesterday!
This video was a good link of the day. It is sometimes that every college student should see. I plan to forward the link to friends that are students and that I know that have to do presentations at work. I think it will definitely help me with my next PowerPoint and it will help to keep me from going in the wrong direction.
This is awesome! I do feel like a lot of this does occur when watching powerpoint slides. I think this has a lot to do with nerves. The more things we have on a slide, we think, the less people look at us!! Presenting is hard so the powerpoints act as a crutch!
That presentation was very funny and so true. It cracks me up when people put on a PowerPoint slide everything they want to say then proceed to read the entire slide as though we cannot read it for ourselves. Same thing with bullet points. The bullet points definitely need to be limited to a few key points and should be elaborated on in the oral presentation. I try to make my presentation be something that I would be interested in listening to if I were in the audience and not the presenter.
I think this video was super funny and extremely helpful. Most people just simply read off the powerpoint slides when the audience can do that for themselves. All you're doing at that point is simply making everyone uncomfortable. Nerves can really cripple a presentation but come prepared and use powerpoint as a tool to help and support your presentation.
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