I have a good business friend, an experienced manager and teacher with a Harvard MBA, whose creativity and intelligence are admired by many. But he dilutes his effectiveness with wordy PowerPoint presentations. It has become a long running joke between us, as I often remind him that most of us have a very limited attention span and ability to recall important points from a presentation.
Note the title and tone of these insights. Short, to the point.
Mark Twain said, “I didn’t have time to write a short letter so I wrote a long one instead.” He cogently encapsulated the problem.
It is more difficult to reduce your thoughts to a few core sentences, but that is what you should do for maximum effect.
PowerPoint are for people who have neither power, nor a point…
Succinct and timely.
Thanks!
pat