Here is a simple PowerPoint math equation:
PowerPoint ≠ Teleprompter
A PowerPoint presentation is not a teleprompter. You read a teleprompter; that’s what it’s for. If you’re reading your PowerPoint presentation, you’re doing it wrong! Reduce your text and learn your material.
You can read this . . .
Photo courtesy of Steve Jurvetson
. . . but you should not read that!
Photo courtesy of Leo Sauermann
(NB – In fairness to the fellow in the second photo, I should note that the picture was taken on a PowerPoint Karaoke night during which participants have to make an impromptu presentation using a PowerPoint slideshow that they have not seen before. Challenging, but a lot of fun! And contestants are forgiven for having to read, at least a little bit.)
haha! love the idea of PowerPoint Karaoke – I had never heard of that before.