Join in Presentation Anarchy

Marcus Brown has written up some “rules”, or helpers, with which mind-numbing and boring use of PowerPoint can be countered. Pass them on:

1. When the presenter says “this is interactive, please ask questions
   if you have any” I’m going to stand up and ask him/her why he’s/she’s
   here. In fact I intend to question everything.
2. If he/she starts using words that I have banned or don’t understand
   I’m going to stand up and ask what the word means. I will do this
   because I am convinced that they do not know what the word means.
3. If the presenter is boring me I intend to tell them (not show them), and I intend to tell them why.
4. If the presenter reads the bullet points word for word then I will
   join them. I will read their bullet points word for word too. In fact I
   may sing along.
5. If the terms “ducks in a row”, “pushing the envelope” or any other
   bullshit terms are used in the presentation I will stand up and turn my
   back to the presenter and wait for an apology.
6. If the presentation reaches slide 32 I will leave the room.
7. If the presenter has slides with more than twenty words I will stand up and demand pictures and a hand book.
8. If the presenter shows me a list of clients, or worse a slide full
   of client logos I will stand up, take out my wallet walk to the
   presenter and show him pictures of my children.
9. If the presenter hasn’t managed to make me laugh within the first 2 minutes I will start laughing.
10. If the presentation is a corporate template I will leave the room before the presentation starts.

(as an addendum I’d like to throw in this link to a ChangeThis manifesto by Scott Schwertly on Presentation Revolution)