The May 2008 Chapter Meeting
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Avoiding Death by PowerPoint (Why are good presentations so hard to create?)
Do you quake when you hear the words "Create a PowerPoint for tomorrow's meeting"? Why? Is it because the software is so difficult? In fact, just the opposite is true. The basics are easy--so easy that most people never take the time to learn PowerPoint properly. Then there is our fear of public speaking. As Jerry Seinfeld put it, people would rather be in the coffin than deliver the eulogy.
This talk will look at the primary factors that make up presentations and offer ideas and practical wisdom on how to break out of the rut in which so many presentation content creators find themselves.
Speaker:
Rick Altman
is the creative director at betterppt.com, which provides consulting and coaching services to companies and individual professionals who seek better results with their presentation content and delivery. His expertise covers the full range of presentation needs, from message crafting through slide design and software technique. He is known for his common-sense approach and pragmatic advice.
Rick is the author of Why Most PowerPoint Presentations Suck, and how you can make them better, published in May 2007.
Rick came to presentations through graphic design, having worked with the Corel products throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and having hosted the CorelWorld User Conference across three decades.
Rick Altman
