PowerPoint. Why you’re still abusing audiences with it, and what to do about it

The date was 20 April 1987.

That was the day Robert Gaskins and Dennis Austin unearthed a monster – PowerPoint.

I’m sure Gaskins and Austin had no intention of  reeking havoc with their new software creation. They’re probably nice guys, and good on them for making $14 million when they sold PowerPoint to Microsoft.

Leaving aside all the pejorative statements about PowerPoint. For example, death by PowerPoint, why – why, are you still using PowerPoint, so ineffectively? (If you’re using the software well, apologies).

More importantly, what should you do about it?

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NEW branding, website & resource

Welcome to my posts for 2018.

I’m excited about the recent rebranding of my company and my new website.

I urge you to check out the new site – michaelkelly.com.au.

As part of the new site, I’ve divided my 350+ blog posts into the following categories. Namely:

Body language

Delivery

Environment

Learning from luminaries

Listening

Message creation

Mindset

These superordinate categories have subordinate categories. For example, in the Resources > Body language category, the subordinate categories are Facial expression, Gesturing, Negative technique and Owning space.

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