POWER get to the POINT

I have to admit that I was glad to see that part of my Online Learning class was going to focus on PowerPoint. I like doing PowerPoint projects. I'm able to present my information and be as creative as I want to be with it.  It's fun and I enjoyed showing my 8 year old everything you can do with the program. He didn't really care, but I had fun. Seriously, this is the look he gave me......

I think PowerPoint is genius! That said, I have been forced to sit through some seriously horrible PowerPoint presentations.  I have been tortured with hours of boring slides at work and at school. For this reason, I loved Guy Kawasaki's blog about PowerPoint and the 10/20/30 rule.

He really hit the nail on the head with that one! I couldn't agree with him more. Short, simple and entertaining. Get to the point and make it interesting! I hope I get the chance to meet Mr. Kawasaki someday. I'd like to shake his hand.....and introduce him to some of the executives at my company (a.k.a, The World Champions of Extremely Long and Boring PowerPoint Presentations).

I also found Cherie Kerr's 10 dos and don'ts for presenting with PowerPoint article to be extremely helpful.

Dos and Don'ts of PowerPoint