Using PowerPoint in Presentations

00:00 Should I use PowerPoint or other technology to help me in my presentation? It's a question people often ask.

00:08 Here's the answer, yes.

00:11 If it helps your audience, the PowerPoint is never for you.

00:16 The Speaker. You have to realize that the slides any technology you use is always about helping your audience get a better understanding of your messages, your topic, and to make it more memorable for them.

00:31 So any time you hear a speaker, so I don't need PowerPoint, well, I should hope not.

00:35 You should already know this material.

00:38 The PowerPoint is never for the speaker, it's always for the audience.

00:42 So just because you're comfortable with the material doesn't mean you should not use PowerPoint. If there's a particular picture, an image, a graph that can truly make your ideas come alive to your audience to help them have a greater understanding of it, then by all means, use it. It may take you some time creating it.

01:04 Your audience doesn't care.

01:06 They just want your best.

01:07 So when you're trying to make this decision of using technology, other presentation technology enhancements always focus on what's really important helping the audience.

01:19 If you do that, you'll make the right decision.