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6.12 Document for Analysis: Poor E-Mail Message Re PowerPoint
To: Sanders Watson <swatson @circa.com>
From: Monique Vance <mvance@circa.com>
Cc:
Subject: Avoiding Death by PowerPoint
Sanders,
As you requested, I attended a seminar about presentation techniques. You suggested that I might
learn tips to share with other staff members, especially those who use PowerPoint. The speaker,
Bret Rivera, made several important points in an entertaining presentation he called "Death by
PowerPoint." Our staff members might consider the following to avoid death by PowerPoint:
Create the message, not the slide, first. Only after preparing the entire script should you
think about how to illustrate it.
Prepare slides with short lines. Your slides should have only four to six words per line.
Short lines encourage people to listen to you and not read the slide.
Don’t put everything on the slide. If you put too much on the slide, your audience will
be reading Item C while you are still talking about Item A.
Think in terms of headlines. What is the main point? What does it mean to the
audience?
Please let me know whether you want me to expand on these points after the next staff meeting.
Monique
Instructor Note: A list of weaknesses for each Document for Analysis can be found in the Lecture
Notes for the chapter.
