{"id":2034,"date":"2021-08-04T11:55:12","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T11:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/?p=2034"},"modified":"2026-04-03T12:59:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T12:59:05","slug":"your-powerpoint-is-not-the-presentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/your-powerpoint-is-not-the-presentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Your powerpoint is not the presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Your PowerPoint is not the presentation. If you believe that it is, then you have entirely missed the point of every single presentation you have ever &#8220;delivered&#8221; or &#8220;received&#8221;. You are not alone in this erroneous belief but you are wrong in terms of education, psychology and simple communication. Your PowerPoint is a big problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DcL0nsMWsAIe45b.jpeg\" alt=\"a hugely complex slide with adiagram, bulletpoints and a data graph that has a massive paragraph of unreadable text\" class=\"wp-image-2036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DcL0nsMWsAIe45b.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DcL0nsMWsAIe45b-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DcL0nsMWsAIe45b-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The online experience following the pandemic has brought into sharp relief the false belief that all that is required for a presentation is to read out one&#8217;s slides. To use the slides as message, media and duplicated delivery fails as communication and knowledge transfer. Personal experience of &#8220;receiving&#8221; such presentations is all the proof that is required. The reasons are multiple. The need for change is obvious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fact that this approach to presentations is almost ubiquitive does not make it correct or effective. It is not a reflection of a lack of effort or care on the part of the presenter or of the audience. The fact that the world knows that it doesn&#8217;t work and yet continues in this denial is actually the more startling fact. This is the reason for repeating (again) this simple statement in the blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Powerpoint (or Keynote or heaven forbid the Prezi) is the problem. It is viewed as the foundation of the presentation and even those with a degree of insight start there in attempting change. This is wrong. 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