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                  <span class="slideshow-title" style="font-size:14px;">Death by PowerPoint</span><br />
                  From: <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker" class="slideshow-author">thecroaker</a>,
                  <span class="ago">2 years ago</span><br /><br />
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                  <div class="slideshow-description">Fighting death by PowerPoint... How to make a presentation and not to bore your audience to death.</div><br /><br />
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kolbyk said 2 hours Edit Delete

For the numbered bullets that you did use (slide 12), are those bullet images, a font, or what? Thanks!
guest302d16 said 1 day Edit Delete

ive give about 100 presentations around america
guest302d16 said 1 day Edit Delete

Ow Shun
guestce6d2 said 1 week Edit Delete

LOVE IT! Thanks for sharing with us. Very useful...
1danab said 3 weeks Edit Delete

I love your comment 'If you can't find the meaning, don't present!' I would add and tell my participants - If you can't clarify your purpose for giving the presentation--neither can your audience and you are wasting everyone's time! And, most importantly answer the question 'why should your audience care?'
serenity101 said 3 weeks Edit Delete

OMG I laugh aloud, I lovee the pictures - the microsoft one is my favorite
10acne said 3 weeks Edit Delete

Thanks :)
hordosikrisztian said 3 weeks Edit Delete

A presentation without aim is like human beings without life. Combine it with a bad design, spice the slides with an insane amount of data, and you can call yourself a murderer.

Keywords: passion, clarity, simplicity

Save many lives with a nice presentation! :)
qavk3000 said 4 weeks Edit Delete

It's the most useful presentation I've saw.
netbizguru said 4 weeks Edit Delete

After all the seriousness of the election - well done Obama - here is something a little bit more light-hearted...
http://www.slideshare.net/netbizguru/sprinkle-brigade-pre...
MichaelLeander said 1 month Edit Delete

Great presentation. Thank you for sharing. Add one rule: Check your spelling, not once, but three times :- ) (check slide 55 - recipient).
m19r12m75 said 1 month Edit Delete

Extremely useful. Simple and when i finished 61 slides i did not come to know.
netuser said 1 month Edit Delete

wow, great presentation, you can say that again. :)
thehunger said 1 month Edit Delete

I loved this presentation. It had a clean, simple look; images that went well with the subject of the slides, and its messages came across really well!

HOWEVER on the subject of people creating presentations about how not to create presentations: why is it you never see them present examples of how difficult subject matter SHOULD be presented?!

CHALLENGE:
I'd like to see those PowerPoint gurus make a TECHNICAL PRESENTATION for once. You know, like a presentation about IT ARCHITECTURE or something complex.
Yeah, its EASY to create slides that scream how NOT to make a presentation. Lets see how they do it they had to present something with REAL WORLD COMPLEXITY like the rest of us!
zavizionov said 1 month Edit Delete

Супер! Спасибо!
enzofsilva said 1 month Edit Delete

great presentation!!!! :) where did you get those cool pictures? (like the VCR tape, good quality)!!! did you have to do some post-editing on the pictures using Photoshop?
Peter_M said 1 month Edit Delete

This is a really nice presentation. ;) Many thanks.
Greetings, Peter M. http://www.goingorganic.nl
guest8d510 said 1 month Edit Delete

*extremely conservative estimate.
quynhmaialex_new said 1 month Edit Delete

great work
10acne said 1 month Edit Delete

Really nice presentation :)
taylordavid said 1 month Edit Delete

I would like to convert this great powerpoint to video, and share it with more people.

I wil use Moyea PPT to video converter, if you guys would like to create a video from powerpoint, can go to: http://www.dvd-ppt-slideshow.com/ppp-to-video
guest506c64 said 2 months Edit Delete

Отличная презентация и спасибо за нужную информацию!
Sonechka said 2 months Edit Delete

Really nice)
isille said 2 months Edit Delete

Excellent presentation. I really like the style. Can you send me a copy?
JYNG said 2 months Edit Delete

good one
guestb4ddae said 2 months Edit Delete

Great tips in this i will use it in my fitness equipment site to train my new vibration plate machines http://www.vibration-plates.com/ and fitness equipment http://www.ultim8fitness.co.uk/

great work can you send me a copy
guest5658b0 said 2 months Edit Delete

Bloggers could do a much better job with high quality slideshows embedded in their blogs. Thanks!

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http://www.moneyteachers.org/blogpartnership.htm
guestee17cb said 2 months Edit Delete

nicely done ...

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colin_china said 2 months Edit Delete

i like this kind of presentation! thanks a lot！
taiweilai said 2 months Edit Delete

wow guy so cool,so helpful

thanks
wanga said 2 months Edit Delete

Wow, you are my hero. Very simple yet effective strategy for creating a great presentation! Thank you.
haveaword said 2 months Edit Delete

Thats nice presentations
guestff37ac said 2 months Edit Delete

thats was the best presentation i have seen. speechless. and yes i was clapping at the end :)
swati_pearls said 2 months Edit Delete

thanks for sharing ..............
its really helpful ..........
10acne said 3 months Edit Delete

Nice slide and thank you for sharing :)

Best regards,
http://www.10acne.com
jimnuv said 3 months Edit Delete

powerpoint needs stronger competition!
xtc1986 said 3 months Edit Delete

Wow, just great!

You realy helped me out with that. Thanks!
gueste8c0fc said 3 months Edit Delete

completelly true!. thanks for sharing this concepts.
engehap said 3 months Edit Delete

thanks
i really helped
so much
enrico.foschi said 3 months Edit Delete

This is really a great presentation, love it. Thanks a lot for this share.
JenniferDoLieung said 3 months Edit Delete

Thanks a lot for this share: I hope to reach that level of ppt-passion one day...

I wonder how you get all the spot-on-images (and the right to use them publicly ;-))
erwin.buggenhout said 3 months Edit Delete

Great presentation!
gueste5ca85 said 3 months Edit Delete

thanks
luvjoue said 3 months Edit Delete

Croaker, you're good.... appreciate it!!!
notwrappedtightly said 3 months Edit Delete

Thank you,
Thank you,
Thank you!
kerengraves said 3 months Edit Delete

Why are you not participating in the contest? You can easily win....
thecroaker said 3 months Edit Delete

Thank you all, I've finally started a blog at http://blog.kapterev.com, if you are interested in slides... well... have a look!
blog1me said 3 months Edit Delete

Professional Work !!!
Wait for more...

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diaper_cream said 3 months Edit Delete

This is pure genius, I love it. Blimey it's scary :)

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guest76c919 said 4 months Edit Delete

It is repackaged E. Tufte rhetoric in my mind but I appreciate the semtiment.
hari_acdt said 4 months Edit Delete

My GOD... this GOOD.. thx..
guest8a328d said 4 months Edit Delete

loved it!!!
tomk said 4 months Edit Delete

Superb presentation on presentations.
Thanks so much!

Tom Kosnik
Stanford
AKA tomk
biocat said 4 months Edit Delete

Thank you...
sixwix said 4 months Edit Delete

Great stuff, very helpful. slide 32 'We'll'
guest3a19ce said 4 months Edit Delete

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thecroaker said 4 months Edit Delete

JWPaul: I trust that there are much less people afraid of lions compared to people afraid of dull presentations in my audience. This is an assumption I am relying on and I am taking my chances here. I might as well be wrong.
JWPaul said 4 months Edit Delete

I see how the lion relates to wild. But (and I am not being obtuse, just questionning), images are loaded with a lot more context than words. What if someone in your audience is afraid of lions (then you will have lost them - they are not longer following your presentation). What if they look at the background - and it they see that the lion is in a zoo - thus 'contained/tamed' - or perhaps they do not like zoos (again, you have lost them). What if they have just returned from at trip to Africa, and they are now daydreaming about the lions they saw there - again, you have lost them

I know these 'what-ifs' are somewhat arbitrary, but images have an inherent danger in their use. And in this example the lion may be appropiate to highlight a concept or emotion, but...... And more importantly, can (should) images be used only for fundamental concepts and emotions? Or more?
marilyn_share said 4 months Edit Delete

crystal clear!!!
thecroaker said 4 months Edit Delete

JWPaul: The lion is related to the world 'wild' which seems perfectly on topic to me.
JWPaul said 4 months Edit Delete

Some excellent thoughts on structure and understanding the REASON for a presentation. But one Q. Some studies (i.e. Bartsch & Cobern 2003) have shown that images _detract_ from the audiences ability to recall key facts. Sure, they may remember the image - but unless it is _directly_ on topic - what does it add? (Thus, for example, unless you are doing a presentation on lions or carnivores, a picture of a lion may be more of a distractor than an aid). Thoughts?
Calder said 4 months Edit Delete

Great tutorial, we sure appreciate it.
lendy said 4 months Edit Delete

Excellent
AlexKoehler said 4 months Edit Delete

Perfect! Nothing more to say!
Cardinal said 4 months Edit Delete

slide 51 'recipient'

THANKS
fatoom said 4 months Edit Delete

awesome...n i believe we should make the presentation in such a way as if the pple we present it to are very distractive so it makes us make it more interesting even for us and we should beleve in our own powerpoint and only then even pple will believe in it
sarahcornwell said 4 months Edit Delete

really well done and timeless
guesta072bb said 4 months Edit Delete

excellent presentation!! congratulations!

thanks a lot!
sunstone said 4 months Edit Delete

Great! Very clear and easy to understand .
Lenze said 4 months Edit Delete

Brilliant.

have a look on this example: http://www.slideshare.net/Lenze/me-i-do-my-best-to-save-t...
guest4469d6 said 4 months Edit Delete

Excellent!
guest98611a said 4 months Edit Delete

Really strong presentation, very clear and concise.
zuateg said 4 months Edit Delete

You work strongly on images. I offer to you south american images of my own. Just visit me and choose anyone you wish. Greetings. Real good job from Russia. Thanks.
DLam said 4 months Edit Delete

Truly Excellent
kumar560 said 4 months Edit Delete

great presentation. excellent expression of the central idea and with beutiful colors and fonts.
affan124 said 4 months Edit Delete

Hi man that's really great. A real productive & helpful material in a very clear way,
ulmehta said 5 months Edit Delete

Very relevant and educative. ... U L Mehta
guest4e16a8 said 5 months Edit Delete

Excellent presentation! Clear and informative. You might want to correct the spelling of the word 'recipient' on slide 55. You have 'recepient.'
hari_25 said 5 months Edit Delete

Wow Great Presentation .....Guys check this out ..ITS REALLY COOOL.
Thanks man!!
charu.noor said 5 months Edit Delete

Very Appealiing ppt
guestd54a01 said 5 months Edit Delete

Very nice but too long.
soulspeed said 5 months Edit Delete

Gr8!
guest68e5b5 said 5 months Edit Delete

Ciao! I look at that just two days before my presentation and it freeked me out! The consequences was that your work really helped me out in making much better presentation.

thx,

B5
Ravi_Karandeekar said 5 months Edit Delete

Very powerful presentation. Simple. Effective. Informative. I was looking for this only. Thanks.
rakeshvenkatesh said 5 months Edit Delete

Great presentation, and fantastic color /font combinations.......Is there a someplace where I can find more info on some good color/font combinations that are easy on the eye?
guestd281a4 said 5 months Edit Delete

cool presentations with great slide directions

keep work and success for everyone

grants
guestf8a60d said 5 months Edit Delete

Good work, I've been trying to convince people about 'less is more' in PPT presentations in some PPT workshops; but I think they can't resist to use all the effects, colors, fonts and transitions available. They see them and they just have to use them all. I hope simplicity will finally win the battle....
DBlackley said 5 months Edit Delete

I've used your work to argue against Power Point excess since the day after I first viewed it....it has had a profound effect on my design work in Power Point (as well as in my photography). While the corporate princes and princesses aren't eager to adopt such 'radical' change in thier grindingly toothsome presentations, a few have been willing to experiment in less public work....which is a step in the direction of efefctive communication.

Thansk for sharing this really useful and inspiring work!
thegame said 5 months Edit Delete

لعبة قتال صعبة لعبه قتال صعبه
لعبة ترتيب الغرف لعبه ترتيب الغرفة
لعبة نينجا صعبة لعبه نينجا صعبه
لعبة صعبة لعبة صعبه جدا
لعبة تزيين فلفه لعبه فلفه للبنات
لعبة سباق سيارات ودراجات سباق سيارات دراجات
لعبة ترتيب وتلويين الغرف ترتيب تلوين غرف
لعبة ترتيب حمام فلفه ترتيب حمام فلفة
لعبة سيارات ودراجات لعبه سيارات دراجات
لعبة بوش السكران لعبه بوش السكران
لعبة تحدي سيارات ودراجات تحدي سيارات دراجات
لعبة بوش المحارب لعبه بوش المحارب
لعبة البحث عن الرجل الخفي لعبه الرجل الخفي
لعبة الرجل الخفي مغامرات الرجل الخفي
لعبة بوش محارب الارهاب بوش محارب الارهاب
لعبة الرجل الخفي الآسطوره الرجل الخفي الآسطوره
لعبة طلاء الآظافر لعبه طلاء الآظافر
لعبة تكسير الكعب لعبة تكسير الكعب
لعبة قبضه التنين لعبة قبضه التنين
لعبة انتصار قبضه التنين لعبة انتصار قبضه التنين
لعبة التنين المحارب لعبه التنين المحارب
لعبة مغامرات سكوبي دو لعبة مغامرات سكوبي دو
لعبة سكوبي دو لعبة سكوبي دو
لعبة الغاز سكوبي دو لعبة الغاز سكوبي دو
لعبة بوش السكران لعبة بوش السكران
لعبة رقص بوش السكران لعبة رقص بوش السكران
لعبة مغامرات ميجا مان لعبة مغامرات ميجا مان
لعبة ميجا مان لعبة ميجا مان
لعبة ميجا مان المحارب لعبة ميجا مان المحارب
لعبة طيارات لعبة طيارات
لعبة حرب طيارات لعبة حرب طيارات
لعبة حرب طيارات هليكوبتر لعبة حرب طيارات هليكوبتر
لعبة حرب طيارات لعبة حرب طيارات
لعبة وحش البحيره لعبة وحش البحيره
لعبة هروب وحش البحيره لعبة هروب وحش البحيره
لعبة وحش البحيره المحارب لعبة وحش البحيره المحارب
لعبة منشه ذباب صينيه لعبة منشه ذباب صينيه
لعبة مطاعم صينيه لعبة مطاعم صينيه
لعبة صينيه لعبة صينيه
لعبة بنت صينيه لعبة بنت صينيه
لعبة استقلال فلسطين لعبة استقلال فلسطين
لعبة حرب فلسطين لعبة حرب فلسطين
لعبة فلسطين لعبة فلسطين
لعبة حمام باربي لعبة حمام باربي
لعبة مهمه سريه لعبة مهمه سريه
لعبة سريه لعبة سريه
لعبة سريه للغاية لعبة سريه للغاية
لعبة الجنود الضاحكون لعبة الجنود الضاحكون
لعبة الضاحكون لعبة الضاحكون
لعبة قتل الضاحكون لعبة قتل الضاحكون
shaker1 said 5 months Edit Delete

Thank's you :)

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abhaa said 5 months Edit Delete

Thankk you soo m :)

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alfresco said 5 months Edit Delete

Nice use of images, spacing, humor, and (lack of) bullets. Well don.
guest546e07 said 5 months Edit Delete

RECEPIENT >> RECIPIENT
Rule X: Get someone to proofread your slides.
guest546e07 said 5 months Edit Delete

Nice stuff. But Slide 47 is a good example of the vacuity we see when people want to be hip or present like Steve Jobs. Just a few words and one wild/brilliant/vivid image rarely tell you very much.
DuranW said 6 months Edit Delete

Interesting ppt on structuring presentations.... Here you can find more information on on communication methods. In particular, check out the method by Barbara Minto called 'The Pyramid Principle'. It gives more detailed information on how you can structure writings and presentations to make a good point and more impact.
kalpnasengar said 6 months Edit Delete

Very nice ppt...i became ur fan............after reading this
aaremm99 said 6 months Edit Delete

nice one
insurance said 6 months Edit Delete

Good points and excellent presentation.
PedroMello said 6 months Edit Delete

Great presentation! Congratulations!
Simdeck said 6 months Edit Delete

Good suggestions...but one aspect is overlooked. Typically Power Point presentations are delivered on a projector, and in many cases in meeting rooms, class rooms and the like. The presenter etc desires high quality images with stunning impact and herein lies the problem, as it is also desirable to keep the room highly lit...why because if you darken the room the audience will have a tendency to doze (especially after lunch and towards the end of the day)...Not good if you want the audience's captive attention. Also it isolates the au