Did you know that about 30 million presentations are given out each day using PowerPoint? And these presentations are given out by more than 300 million PowerPoint users the world over? PowerPoint users cover a wide network of teachers, educators, trainers, company heads, advertising executives, lawyers and even people from the armed forces of different countries.
Undeniably the most used presentation tool, yet, there are many who complain about boring, hollow and time wasting presentations. These and many more are now categorized under what has come to be an unfair yet common phrase associated with PowerPoint: Death by PowerPoint.
And for those who know little or nothing about presentations and lesser still about PowerPoint, this very term is a huge deterrent. So here are some basic but universally accepted practices that will help you avoid death by PowerPoint in your audiences.