Death by PowerPoint. We've all heard this expression. We've heard people say, oh, not another boring, awful PowerPoint. And how often have we heard people say, I hate PowerPoint. I don't use PowerPoint. I hate PowerPoint.

That's a pretty common expression in offices, boardrooms, organizations all over the globe. But let's dig a little deeper and ask ourselves what does this mean? Is it true? That PowerPoint is inherently bad, awful that it inherently degrades presentations? Certainly, very few people would argue that since PowerPoint came about around 1980, the presentations are better than they were in the 70s 60s 50s or earlier. It is it PowerPoints fault.

Is PowerPoint inherently bad. I would argue that PowerPoint is simply another meeting. It's another tool. It's like television. If all you do is watch trash reality TV, or the government menu that tells you what kids are going to eat at lunch for the next week on channel 258. Well, in that case, yeah, television is bad.

But if you like watching World Cup soccer, football and you can't be there, and you're watching on a giant, high definition 4k TV, TV is all of a sudden really good. If you're watching your favorite movie of all time on a giant TV, that's got great technology TVs great. On the other hand, if someone has the TV or upside down and doesn't have it plugged in and asked you to stare at the screen, Is that good? Or is that boring? That's probably boring. My point obviously That data is good or bad depending on what you're watching.

And if you're using the tool correctly, it's exactly the same thing with PowerPoint. There's no such thing as PowerPoint being bad in the abstract, but if you put boring stuff on it, if you misuse it, if you abuse it, it can just put people to sleep. But if you use it the right way, it can be interesting, compelling, it can enhance your ideas and make them more memorable and that's what we're about right here.