Comments on: Don’t overdo the animations! http://www.inter-activ.co.uk/presentation-skills/dont-overdo-the-animations/ ideas & techniques for for improving your speaking, presenting and influencing skills Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:34:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Craig http://www.inter-activ.co.uk/presentation-skills/dont-overdo-the-animations/#comment-567 Craig Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:04:44 +0000 http://www.inter-activ.co.uk/blog/2008/02/08/dont-overdo-the-animations/#comment-567 Aaarrgh - sound painful. One of the worst features of PowerPoint is the amination. Or to put it more correctly - the poor use of it. And even worse is the "random amination" option they allow. I cannot agree more with you - be sparse, and only because they add to your presentation, not because you can! Craig Aaarrgh – sound painful. One of the worst features of PowerPoint is the amination. Or to put it more correctly – the poor use of it. And even worse is the “random amination” option they allow.

I cannot agree more with you – be sparse, and only because they add to your presentation, not because you can!

Craig

]]> By: Jo Jameson http://www.inter-activ.co.uk/presentation-skills/dont-overdo-the-animations/#comment-558 Jo Jameson Sat, 09 Feb 2008 14:22:44 +0000 http://www.inter-activ.co.uk/blog/2008/02/08/dont-overdo-the-animations/#comment-558 Hi Gavin - I couldn't agree more. I usually advise people to steer clear of anything fancy on PowerPoint - especially when starting out. Less is most definitely more. I once had the misfortune of sitting through a 60 minute presentation where every bullet point on every slide animated on to the sound of a gunshot! The first couple of times it was quite cute but after that...arghh! Hi Gavin – I couldn’t agree more. I usually advise people to steer clear of anything fancy on PowerPoint – especially when starting out. Less is most definitely more. I once had the misfortune of sitting through a 60 minute presentation where every bullet point on every slide animated on to the sound of a gunshot! The first couple of times it was quite cute but after that…arghh!

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