As someone who frequently teaches and makes presentations, I was intrigued by the book 101 Tips to Communicate More Effectively Using PowerPoint, authored by Dave Paradi.
If you’ve ever sat through a presentation where someone read each long bullet point verbatim, you know how boring that can be. Paradi provides lots of tips for making a presentation engaging and dynamic.
Paradi found that the top three audience annoyances are:
- The speaker read the slides
- Text is too small
- Full sentences instead of bullet points on slides
What annoys you the most about a PowerPoint presentation? What engages you?
