Prosperous Project Management: Categorizing Presentations by time invested

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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Categorizing Presentations by time invested

You can categorize a PowerPoint Presentation by the amount of time invested to prepare it. For example, normally, presenters invest the exact amount of time it takes to type up the slides. No time for planning or thinking. Just a solid data dump that leads to bullet points and reading you slides to the subjected audience.

The Pow'Rful Philosphy subscribes to a 1:1 Ratio. One hour of preparation for every minute allotted on the stage. I believe that you will be hard-pressed to make a poor presentation with this amount of preparation.

I contend that your audience can usually estimate the time you invested in your presentation from the amount of text on the screen.

What do you think? What other categories do you place PowerPoint Presentations in?

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Wayne Botha is one of those rare people who can say he is a project manager, author and speaker and mean it. He is a past Area Governor for Toastmasters International and an enthusiastic Toastmaster. Wayne is a faculty member of Toastmasters Leadership Institute and has trained audiences in South Africa, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia and the USA. With an MBA in eCommerce, and a PMP certification, Wayne is sought out to speak at Toastmasters and Project Management conferences. Wayne's colleagues and friends often tease him about his South African accent.