Are you a PowerPoint offender? Do you abuse your audiences? You need to get help. Now.

1. ARE YOU A
POWERPOINT
?
OFFENDER

2. AUDIENCES
WITH SLIDES
LIKE THIS
DO YOU
ABUSE
?

3. MAYBE YOU’RE
NOT REALLY
MAYBE YOU CAN BE HELPED.
EVIL,
JUST
A LITTLE
IGNORANT.

4. DO YOU KNOW WHAT’S WRONG
WITH THIS SLIDE?
HINT: WHAT WILL THE
AUDIENCE DO WHEN
THEY SEE THIS SLIDE?
□ APPLAUD?
□ SQUINT?
□ CHECK
EMAIL/TEXTS/
FACEBOOK?
□ BEGIN TO DISLIKE
YOU?
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

5. WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE?
WHAT WILL THE
AUDIENCE DO?
□ CARE?
□ IGNORE YOU AND
READ THE SLIDE?
□ GROAN?
□ NAP?
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


6. WHAT WILL THE
AUDIENCE DO?
□ BUY YOUR
PRODUCT?
□ WONDER WHY YOU
HAVEN’T HAD THE
COURTESY TO MAKE
THIS LEGIBLE?
□ SQUINT?
□ FEEL ACTUAL PAIN?
AND THIS ONE?
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7. IT’S ABOUT YOUR
AUDIENCE,
NOT
YOU.

8. MAYBE
YOU SHOULD
GET
HELP
!
IF YOU DON’T GET THIS,

9. ppt|craft
PowerPoint design
and construction for
serious business
presentations

10. ppt|craft
PowerPoint design
and construction for
serious business
presentations

11. NOTICE
The example slides in this
presentation are real. They
were easily found (with dozens
of comparable slides) on the
first two pages of a Google
search with “filetype=ppt” as
the only criterion.

12. ppt|craft
pptcraft.com
konrad@pptcraft.com
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