The Right Way to Use PowerPoint in Your Presentations

This Element is an excerpt from Presentations in Action (9780132489621) by Jerry Weissman. Available in print and digital formats.

YOU are the focus of your presentation--not your graphics, and not PowerPoint!

Far be it from me to advise you to reject PowerPoint. But use it properly. Relegate graphics to a supporting role. Make the presenter--you--the primary focus of your presentation. Your correct role model exists 24/7 on TV news. CNN’s Anderson Cooper provides the details for his stories; the accompanying graphics are simply illustrative headlines….