Prediction, you will never, ever give a PowerPoint presentation in your entire future. What do I mean by that? That's crazy talk, right? This is a course on PowerPoint presentation. What does this instructor talking about? Here's what I mean.

You're not getting a PowerPoint presentation, you're giving your presentation you're giving a presentation about your ideas about your business, your organization, your cause. The PowerPoint is simply a tool. It's a device. Right now I'm using a video camera but this isn't a video camera presentation. This is a presentation to help you deliver PowerPoint presentations effectively. I'm using lights but this isn't a light presentation.

I'm using electricity but this isn't an electricity presentation. This is a presentation now why is this so important? Here's my experience. The second you tell yourself, I'm giving a PowerPoint presentation. It causes a lot of problems, you stop doing things you normally do well in conversation and presentations and speeches and talks. And you start focusing all your energy on bullet points and rearranging bullet points and rearranging colors and logos, and the whole fixation is on slides.

If you do that, you've already lost the game, you basically guaranteed that you will not be communicating. Ask yourself this. How often have you left a convention conference, a professional association meeting, and people were walking out of that room saying, Wow, that was a great PowerPoint. That was a great collection of PowerPoint slides. In my experience, that doesn't really happen. What does happen is People walk away saying, great presentation great passion.

Can you believe when he or she said Boom, boom, boom? Can you believe those stories about that's what sticks with people. Now, I'm not anti PowerPoint. I use PowerPoint all the time. PowerPoint can be great. But it's just a tool to help you with your primary objective.

You actually presenting your ideas to your audience.