1. Professors’ love/hate relationship with PowerPoint
What annoys audiences about PowerPoint presentations?
Speaker reads the slides
Text too small
Colors make slide hard to read
Use of full sentences to describe something that can be completed in a bullet point.

2. Presenter does not add to what the slide says
What goes wrong
Presenter does not add to what the slide says

3. What goes wrong part II
Presenter doesn’t know how to use the equipment
Presenter uses PowerPoint when he or she could have a simple conversation with audience

4. What can be done? Use similar layout for each slide
Simplify content, use less text, more graphics
Prepare for the presentation
Source: Dave Paradi, co-author “Guide to PowerPoint”