PowerPoint can take your audience when the slideshow becomes the center of attention. Commonly, presentations start with a title slide followed by Topic-Bullet list slides. The presenter stands at the side of the room, speaking to the slides (read "Don't Let Powerpoint Steal Your Creditability") and the screen steals the show. Audiences report that this style of presenting is boring, patronising and a rip-off of their time.
Solution – Remember, you are a presenter not a projectionist. Place yourself in the center of the room and have the screen slightly to your side. Introduce your slides before you show them – so that your audience sees that you are running the show – not the show running you.
And occasionally use a blank slide – forcing the audience to be totally focused on you. The beginning and end of your presentation are ideal times to use this powerful technique.
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