Comments on: Bad Slides: So What’s Your Excuse? http://advanceyourslides.com/2010/01/22/bad-slides-so-whats-your-excuse/ End Bad PowerPoint Wed, 16 May 2012 06:42:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Nick Smith http://advanceyourslides.com/2010/01/22/bad-slides-so-whats-your-excuse/#comment-21 Nick Smith Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:58:27 +0000 http://advanceyourslides.com/?p=463#comment-21 That's a great observation, Jessica. Excuses like that place the responsibility on the audience instead of being personally accountable for the quality of your presentation. It would take a lot of chutzpah on the part of an audience member to come and tell you your slides stank, especially if this is the only time they'll ever hear you speak. That’s a great observation, Jessica. Excuses like that place the responsibility on the audience instead of being personally accountable for the quality of your presentation. It would take a lot of chutzpah on the part of an audience member to come and tell you your slides stank, especially if this is the only time they’ll ever hear you speak.

]]> By: Jessica Pyne http://advanceyourslides.com/2010/01/22/bad-slides-so-whats-your-excuse/#comment-20 Jessica Pyne Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:58:18 +0000 http://advanceyourslides.com/?p=463#comment-20 Great points - there really is no excuse any more! There are certainly enough resources out there to get help. Perhaps the one we hear most is: "I've never had any problems with bullet points before." By 'problems', they tend to mean 'complaints'. And in order for an audience member to care enough to approach the presenter after the presentation to comment, they'd have to have been paying enough attention in the first place... Great points – there really is no excuse any more! There are certainly enough resources out there to get help.

Perhaps the one we hear most is: “I’ve never had any problems with bullet points before.”

By ‘problems’, they tend to mean ‘complaints’. And in order for an audience member to care enough to approach the presenter after the presentation to comment, they’d have to have been paying enough attention in the first place…

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