Prosperous Project Management: Pointless PowerPoint

Prosperous Project Management

Tips, techniques and pragmatic strategies for excellent Project Managers, Toastmasters and high personal achievers. Wayne Botha is a rare Project Manager, with passion for achieving results through Project Management, while improving inter-personal relationships, and developing Project Managers in the process. Wayne is a faculty member at Toastmsters Leadership Institute and Axia college of University of Phoenix.

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Pointless PowerPoint

Does your agenda for your slideshow contain these words or similar generic ones?

- Service Overviews
-Technology
-Vendor samples
-Strategy
-Competition
-Future

If so, then print out your slide and take a deep look. Ask yourself "What is the purpose of this slide?" If you think that your audience is gaining value from this slide, then repeat the previous sentence.

Your text needs to be specific. Make clear points with your text. Do not use generic words because no-one can walk away with a memorable impression of "Technology". If your presentation includes a discussion of the whizz-bang-super-deluxe mousetrap, then put a photo of your mousetrap on the slide and tell your story of how it helps customers.

"What is the purpose of this slide?" is the question that keeps us on the straight and narrow path to presentation success. Answer this question on every slide.

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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.