I briefly checked out the "See Presentious in action" section. I would have preferred to see some more engaging sample presentations. In fact, those presentations seem to exhibit most of the reasons why Powerpoint slides considered bad.
Bad presentation traits include:
- Walls of text or bullet points
- Cliché stock imagery
- Reading exactly what is on the slide
- Lack of emotive connections with the imagery
- Dry and monotone voice
- Each slide should really convey one key point
One story I heard from an audiobook was the CEO of a company attending a nervous staff member's presentation. The CEO sat in front of the screen and faced the presenter, not looking at the slides. Appearing that this may be a disaster, the CEO later expressed, if there's something important to be said, the presenter would say it, not hide it in the slides.
I can't claim that having the ability to record your presentation will instantly cure all of the ills common to bad presentations.
Our hypothesis is that if you know what you're saying is captured along with your slides, you'll put less information in the slides. That should remedy the walls of text and bullet points. The same goes for reading the slide - if it's not there, you won't do it.
Stock Imagery, Dry and monotone voices, Lack of emotive connections with the imagery --- If you know of an algorithm to correct this stuff, holler at me: george@presentio.us
Bad presentation traits include:
- Walls of text or bullet points
- Cliché stock imagery
- Reading exactly what is on the slide
- Lack of emotive connections with the imagery
- Dry and monotone voice
- Each slide should really convey one key point
One story I heard from an audiobook was the CEO of a company attending a nervous staff member's presentation. The CEO sat in front of the screen and faced the presenter, not looking at the slides. Appearing that this may be a disaster, the CEO later expressed, if there's something important to be said, the presenter would say it, not hide it in the slides.