As is obvious from the term itself, death by powerpoint implies a really bad presentation. Microsoft powerpoint is a presentation program, created by robert gaskins and dennis austin at a software company named forethought, inc. It doesnt require anyone of us to have an iq of 200 to know how messed up most of these presentations tend to be. Every day, some 300 million presentations are made. As a result, the presentation becomes meaningless and fails to keep the audiences attention. Special thanks to alexei kapterev, of real time strategy, who offers an innovative look at how to make a real impression with your presentations. Alexei kapterev is the author of death by powerpoint, the worlds most popular presentation on. While video is recognised as an important medium for teaching and learning in the digital age, many video resources are not as effective as they might be, because they.
About a million presentations aregoing on right now estimate. About a million presentations are going on right now estimate. Learn and apply the principles of speechwriting, slide design and delivery like great presenters. Realworld examples of scripts and slides and littleknown tips on design and delivery. And in spite of the limitations of a given technology, they turn it around so that each defect becomes a positive quality. The largest leasing companies hansa leasing raiffeisen leasing.
Presentations are the most popular way of communication. An exceptional powerpoint presentation cover slide tells your audience that your pres. I provide consulting services, teach presentation skills and speak at conferences. See more ideas about presentation, public speaking and presentation skills. Kapterev is the author of death by powerpoint, the worlds most popular presentation about presentations with more than 10 million views to date. During powerpoint and presentation skills training, i often ask participants for the top powerpoint sins they hate seeing during a presentation. Solving presentationrelated problems andchallenges. Avoiding powerpoint to death your brain on powerpoint 1 just how long is a persons attention span. There are 300 million powerpoint users in the world estimate. Alexei kapterev is the author of death by powerpoint, the worlds most popular presentation on presentations, with over a million views to date. Powerpoint and other presentation software such as keynote can be a useful tool to. Death by powerpoint cartoon marketoonist tom fishburne. That same year he published a presentation titled death by powerpoint, which saw more than one million views, all with no advertising or promotion.
Kapterev currently has a private consulting practice in moscow. This specialization has 4 courses and covers fundamentals of three major presentation skills. Simply selecting the powerpoint template for giving bad news doesnt mean you should use the exact same speech for your few key investors and the staff as a whole. Jan, 2020 youve probably heard the expression, death by powerpoint. Avoiding death by powerpoint in 2018 by troy bishopp january 8, 2018 comments off on avoiding death by powerpoint in 2018 its hard to be a speaker at a conference when thats not your normal job, and sometimes powerpoint doesnt help as much as we thought. Garber in the article for small business computing. There are times when expertise leads to wordiness, and the audience is. Death by powerpoint duke learning innovation duke university. Creating an effective powerpoint presentation mafiadoc. How to make a presentation and not to bore your audience to death.
If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. People acknowledge it, laugh about it, and hate it when they are in an audience yet many continue to be guilty of doing it themselves. Having had many years of experience with international and russian consulting firms, he decided to focus exclusively on presentations in 2007. We sometimes assume the longer and more verbose the slide deck, the more credibility our idea will have.
The addition of visuals to support listening is an unbeatable combination. Nov 20, 2012 death by power point alexei kapterev 1. Presentation secrets by alexei kapterev book resume. In addition to the issues described above, reading bullet points causes the. Avoiding powerpoint to death university of vermont. Yet it is common to neuter ideas with mindnumbing slide presentations. I assist my clients with solving difficult communication challenges. There are 300 million powerpoint users in the world estimate 3. Death by powerpoint and how to fight it alexei kapterev.
Customshow still lets you utilize text boxes, and still works like powerpoint, but instead of all the glitches and problems, you simply get all the benefits. Problem pathway solution problem solution reasoning fancy stuff if it makes sense. That same year he published a presentation titled death. Do what you never thought possible with your presentations by alexei kapterev is a good text book on preparing and giving presentations. Building on this hit, he now brings us presentation secretsoutlining his successful tactics for planning, producing. A general rule of thumb in preparing powerpoint slides is no more than one. Death by powerpoint and how to fight it alexei kapterev 2. Mar 21, 2017 love it or hate it, as professional communicators, many of us regularly use powerpoint as a resource and presentation tool in the workplace. Powerpoint is a great program, not only for presenters to assist in recalling major talking points, but for audiences as well.
Occams razorscientific and theory building one should not increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything. Our ideas are only as good as how we communicate them. There are books written about it, a ted talk by j p phillips, and loads of wisdom from everyone who is someone in the world. Google lets us search the world wide web of information, facebook helps us stay in touch with friends, and linkedin promises to help us find jobs. Powerpoint presentations are overused, and too often, boring. Alexei kapterev s online presentation on presentations has seenmore than one million views, all with no advertising or promotion. Programs like powerpoint make it incredibly easy to create presentations. They do 30 million presentations each day estimate 4. Alexei kapterev is one of the worlds leading experts on presentations.
At this salon, we present some people with ideas on a variety of things. In addition to building new quality features, customshow has kept the best powerpoint elements including. Author of death by powerpoint alexei kapterev launches new. Sep 20, 2011 alexei kapterev is the author of death by powerpoint, the worlds most popular presentation on presentations, with over a million views to date.
Death by powerpoint and how to fight it alexei kapterev there are 300 million powerpoint users in the world estimate they do 30 million presentations each day estimate about a million presentations are going on right now estimate 50% of them are unbearable conservative estimate. Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. He runs a consulting practice in addition to working with mercator, russias leading business graphics company. While video is recognised as an important medium for teaching and learning in the digital age, many video resources are not as effective as they might be, because they do not adequately exploit the strengths of the medium. It was released on april 20, 1987, initially for macintosh computers only. There are 300 million powerpoint users in the world. Author of death by powerpoint alexei kapterev launches. Jul 08, 20 death by powerpoint is a term used to describe a situation caused by a boring and unbearable presentation. I say text book because this really reminds me of a college text book for a class focusing on presentations, rather than many of the presentations and speaking book on the market. Powerpoint presentations may not have actually killed anyone, but theyve sure killed many an idea. Please have a look at my book presentation secrets and a presentation specialization on coursera.
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