PowerPoint Can Impair Understanding

This article reinforces what you have been told - that putting the same words on your PowerPoint slides that you intend to speak is a big negative. Now you have the scientific evidence to fight back.

We all hate excessively wordy slides, yet we see them all the time. This study shows that even a few words, if they simply repeat the speakers spoken words, can have a net negative effect on understanding.

Seth Godin hit the nail on the head with his e-book “Really Bad PowerPoint” - still one of my favorites.

Speaking of presentation techniques - check out my next post…

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