Chapter 2

The way we are presenting is not working

“The way something is presented will define the way you react to it.”

Neville Brody

Microsoft estimates that there are 500 million PowerPoint users in the world, with an estimated 30 million presentations created daily. Right now as you read this there are 1 million PowerPoint presentations being delivered somewhere in the world. I am sure there are also many thousands more using other presentation software too.

Slide Focused Presenting

Many presenters use slides as a preparation tool to help them organise their thoughts. They look to PowerPoint to give them structure in a presentation. ...

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