PowerPoint Pitfalls

How do Microsoft PowerPoint® pitfalls negatively affect presentations? How may you avoid these pitfalls?

Although PowerPoint is an effective tool for presentations one of the pitfalls presenters fall into is relying on the technology of PowerPoint too much. When PowerPoint slides are created it can be tempting to use a lot of the capabilities of the program and take the focus off the data being delivered. Many users, who have not used the program before, are so caught up in the fun of creating the slides that the data becomes second to the look of the slides. While the slides may be eye catching and have fun transitions the audience is losing interest because of the lack of data.

Avoiding this pitfall is done by making the data the first priority and the delivery secondary. You can have great graphics and transitions but if there is nothing being said or taught then it is all for naught.