It's Not PowerPoint That Is Boring, It Is (look in the mirror)

Death by PowerPoint.

We’ve all heard this expression we’ve heard people say oh not another boring awful PowerPoint.

And how often have we heard people say I hate PowerPoint I don’t use PowerPoint I hate PowerPoint.

That’s a pretty common expression in offices board rooms organizations all over the globe.

But let’s dig a little deeper and ask ourselves what does this mean.

Is it true that PowerPoint is inherently bad awful that it inherently degrades presentations.

Certainly very few people would argue that since PowerPoint came about around 1980 that presentations are better than they were in the 70s 60s 50s or earlier.

Yet is it.

Power Points for his PowerPoint inherently bad.

I would argue that PowerPoint is simply another medium it’s another tool it’s like television.

If all you do is watch trash reality TV or the government menu that tells you what kids are going to eat at lunch for the next week on Channel Two hundred and fifty eight.

Well in that case.

Television is bad.

But if you like watching World Cup soccer football and you can’t be there and you’re watching on a giant high definition for KATV TV is all of a sudden really good.

If you’re watching your favorite movie of all time on a giant TV that’s got great technology.

TV is great.

On the other hand if someone has the TV on upside down and doesn’t have it plugged in and ask you to stare at the screen.

Is that good or is that boring.

That’s probably boring.

My point obviously is that TV is good or bad depending on what you’re watching and if you’re using the tool correctly it’s exactly the same thing with PowerPoint.

There’s no such thing as PowerPoint being bad in the abstract but if you put boring stuff on it.

If you misuse it if you abuse it it can just put people to sleep.

But if you use it the right way it can be interesting compelling.

It can enhance your ideas and make them more memorable.

That’s what we’re about right here.