Presenting

I hold a special place of anger for this..... 

PowerPoint

Now I can understand why it is used quite extensively, a good tool for holding 'small' amounts of writing to talk through to people using excessive charisma and enthusiasm to make it a good learning experience, maybe even entertaining.

Now if you are like me, you will have come across 2 people like this ever (and if you have seen me, I am probably one of them (that's not arrogance, just for some reason the voice i put on is entertaining). I know above is a very idealised view of the usage but I am sure we have all had the more typical experience.....

The bludgeoning through slides with enough wording to be the opening chapter of a novel. I think most of us could survive this if the delivery of said words wasn't so monotone that it sounds like a drone of wasps stuck in your ear.

Now I can't justify just complaining about this, as I mentioned before, I am not the best at this whole presenting business. I may come across as entertaining but that is only because of my 'style'. I know the voice I use is exaggeratedly snobbish with a word rate that is beyond patronising. Honestly to. type. how. I. talk while presenting, you need. to. follow all. of the full stops in. this. sentence. Also the level of articulation used on every word almost requires a certain amount of spitting, handy tip: don't sit in the front row.

Also it has been observed that it looks like I am doing the bleep test (eurgh P.E. in school) moving side to side with an almost unparalleled level of energy.

I know that this is hard to imagine so I will quantify this for you

Imagine you are in a presentation being taken by an elocution instructor standing as if he is half way through a verse of 'I'm A little teapot' moving side to side as if he were on a slalom course.

Starting to get the picture? Now throw in a waistcoat and you have the full image

Understand the entertainment value yet?


Also if you like what I am doing, do recommend me on stumbleupon. I would like a panel show appearance in the near future.