Comments on: Practice Preventive PowerPoint – How to Avoid Reading Your Slides http://www.thecompanyrocks.com/powerpoints/powerpoint/practice-preventive-powerpoint-how-to-avoid-reading-your-slides/ Training to Improve Your Presentations Using MS PowerPoint Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:28:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Danny http://www.thecompanyrocks.com/powerpoints/powerpoint/practice-preventive-powerpoint-how-to-avoid-reading-your-slides/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Danny Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:40:08 +0000 http://www.thecompanyrocks.com/powerpoints/?p=28#comment-8 Hi Rick - Thank you for adding your comment. And... for your great content - both in your book and on your wesite. I agree that most bosses / executives who insist on excessive text do so because it serves their purpose - safety net, etc. I have a strong suspicion that this "me-first" focus is not confined to their presentations. In many cases, it is also their approach to their customers and their employees. Keep up your great work! Danny Hi Rick -

Thank you for adding your comment. And… for your great content – both in your book and on your wesite.

I agree that most bosses / executives who insist on excessive text do so because it serves their purpose – safety net, etc.

I have a strong suspicion that this “me-first” focus is not confined to their presentations. In many cases, it is also their approach to their customers and their employees.

Keep up your great work!

Danny

]]> By: Rick Altman http://www.thecompanyrocks.com/powerpoints/powerpoint/practice-preventive-powerpoint-how-to-avoid-reading-your-slides/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Rick Altman Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:29:09 +0000 http://www.thecompanyrocks.com/powerpoints/?p=28#comment-7 Many thanks to Danny for the plug. It is a slow process changing this type of behavior, as I encounter clients and clients with bosses who are literally addicted to the volume of text that they choose to display. It acts as their security blanket, their safety net, without which they feel naked in front of the room. Nonetheless, it only takes about two tries flying without their net to become comfortable speaking to less verbose slides. The hard part is getting them to try... Rick A. Many thanks to Danny for the plug. It is a slow process changing this type of behavior, as I encounter clients and clients with bosses who are literally addicted to the volume of text that they choose to display. It acts as their security blanket, their safety net, without which they feel naked in front of the room.

Nonetheless, it only takes about two tries flying without their net to become comfortable speaking to less verbose slides. The hard part is getting them to try…

Rick A.

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