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Do you know the phenomenon of powerpoint poisoning? I came across this fantastic phrase years ago in a Dilbert cartoon. Someone was giving and endless and complex presentation and the audience went completely apathetic.<\/span> [\/et_pb_accordion_item][\/et_pb_accordion][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Do you know the phenomenon of powerpoint poisoning? I came across this fantastic phrase years ago in a Dilbert cartoon. Someone was giving and endless and complex presentation and the audience went completely apathetic.The funny cartoon is still reality in many situations at work. This is a waste of time and resources. I have seen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-strategy"],"yoast_head":"\n
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<\/span>The funny cartoon is still reality in many situations at work. This is a waste of time and resources. I have seen strategy presentations that literally had a 3 digit number of slides.<\/span>
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<\/span>So, should we get rid of presentations altogether? I don\u2019t think so. A good presentation can bring across information in a very memorable way and motivate people.<\/span>
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<\/span>The difficult task is to boil it down to the very core and relevant statements and present it in an engaging way that catches peoples attention. Focusing a presentation on the core messages is much more difficult than a lengthy presentation of each and every aspect.<\/span>
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<\/span>More than 10 years ago I was asked to give a presentation in front of more than 100 people about how we implemented a culture of continuous improvement in the company I led. I went over the presentation a couple of times to focus it. In the end I was really nervous that people would consider it to be completely trite.<\/span>
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<\/span>After the presentation in the Q&A session, one person in the audience said: \u201eI don\u2019t have a question, but I just wanted to say that you are completely right. That\u2019s the way it is.\u201c – What a relief and great feedback for me.<\/span>
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<\/span>How long are your presentations?<\/span><\/p>\n