That's old
Really old, I mean I've heard about it _years_ ago, and I'm not going to conferences a lot.
At the next conference you attend, there's a chance one of the presenters will state their intention to do a “PechaKucha” presentation. Don't pass them a handkerchief when they do it or wonder just how many Pokemon there are these days. Instead, buckle in for a swift ride because PechaKucha is a presentation format that …
I think that's a large part of the point. You shouldn't BE explaining the slide, the slide should express what you're explaining, and it should be doing so in a way that words can't. If a slide doesn't meet those two criteria, your presentation is suffering from it's presence.
The focus of the presentation should be on the presenter, and what they are saying, not on the wall of text on the... err.... wall.
The best presentation I ever attended had no PowerPoint at all. It was given by a chap who was so engaging, who was such a good orator, that (even though the topic was quite dry - a new cross platform API) I doubt anyone would have noticed PowerPoint had it been there.
The biggest two problems with presentations, in my view are:
1. The presenter has had a charisma bypass and either drones on in a monotone, or tries to cover it with shit comedy (I'm thinking of Monkey boy Ballmer and the crappy skits that recent Apple 'events' have subjected us to)
2. The PowerPoint slides are treated like a word document and filled up with closely typed text rather than a few salient and punchy bullet points.
And no. I don't have a solution to the problem.
My presentations are stacked with realy important information and engrossing video and audio clips along with multiple animations and changes per slide.
How can I be expected to rapidly inflate my ego without the sound of jetplanes, rockets and lovely big fireballs on screen?
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