April 30, 2008
Using Powerpoint Presentations as Effective Public Speaking Aids
PowerPoint is a program by Microsoft, and a part of its Microsoft Office System. It is widely use today for presentation purposes, simply because it is easy and simple to use. Millions of computers worldwide are using this program to impart their thoughts to their audience. There is also a wide selection of free PowerPoint presentations in the World Wide Web today that you can download for your use.
This program can be used whether to convince a company management to approved a department budget, to persuade target audience to purchase a product or service, to teach students about their lessons, aor at your next public speaking engagement. Basically it is a tool for you to influence people to believe in what you have to say. Nowadays, a meeting will not be complete without a PowerPoint presentation. It is like going to your office meeting without your shoes on.
To have a better understanding of how to compose a simple yet effective PowerPoint presentation, you basically need to:
Focus on the topic that you want to discuss.
Create three essential key messages about your topic.
Think of how you want to discuss your topic in a systematic way.
Use background templates, clip arts, and sounds that are related to your topic.
And lastly – “Less is More”, nobody ever complained of a presentation that is too short, if anything, people even remembers it more, than the ones that last several hours to a day, believe me.
Nowadays, it is quite expected that people are getting busier by the minute. They almost do not have time for anything. The irony of it all is that even with all the technological advancement that we enjoy today, that are supposed to make our life easier, we still find it hard to accomplish things in a timely manner. Not that technology is a bad thing, maybe it is just a matter of good time management.