2017 Annoying PowerPoint Presentation Survey Results
Almost 500 people participated in this year’s “Annoying PowerPoint Presentation Survey.” Dave Paradi of Think-Outside-The-Slide has been sending out this survey for several years. The primary theme and message from the 2017 survey: “Audiences feel that too many presenters don’t care enough about their audience to spend the time necessary to create and deliver a good presentation.” Take a look at a quick summary of the results below.
Thank you for the amazing effort and sharing the results every year, Dave! The full survey results are available here.
Troy @ TLC
Presentation Guild Salary Survey – Take Part!
The Presentation Guild’s 2nd Annual Presentation Industry Salary Survey is open – add your info!
This is a great tool for the Presentation Industry, and it will only get better and more important with each year. Plus, everyone that completes the survey receives a copy free (free to all Presentation Guild members – and I highly recommend everyone with a presentation related job be a member).
Info about the 2017 survey on The Presentation Guild site here.
Go directly to the survey here. Hurry, survey closes Monday, October 23!”
-Troy @ TLC
Presentation Summit Recap
Lori and I (Troy) attended the 2017 Presentation Summit, hosted in Florida last week. Yes, we attended, no presenting this year, which was a fantastic treat as I was able to spend all of my time talking with so many great people (vs. planning, rehearsing, and being committed to presenting).
Next year will be close to the TLC Creative Services studio in San Diego, CA September 23-26, 2017. I highly recommend the conference for the great session topics, but almost more important is the networking with presentation industry talent, host of presentation industry vendors, AND direct access to the team of PMs and Devs from the Microsoft PowerPoint team that attend each year.
And at the summit this year we recorded a great group conversation for The Presentation Podcast that released earlier this week. Episode 39 – The Presenters Gather at The 2017 Presentation Summit Conference!
-Troy @ TLC
The Presentation Podcast Episode #39 Released Today!
A new episode of The Presentation Podcast with a dozen great presentation industry experts gathered for a presentation conversation. Available today! Check out the latest episode #39 The Presenters Gather at The 2017 Presentation Summit Conference!
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Alternatives to PowerPoint
In the most recent episode of The Presentation Podcast, episode 38 “Alternatives to PowerPoint,” my co-hosts and I talked through presentation software options other than PowerPoint. On a related note, I spent this week at The Presentation Summit conference in Florida. The conference is focused on the presentation industry as a whole, not specific software, and there are some interesting parallels from what I saw at the conference and the podcast discussion.
Throughout the podcast, Nolan Haims, Sandra Johnson and I (Troy Chollar) discuss a lot of apps and when other software can be a good option. PowerPoint is the software we reference as the benchmark. Ironically, at The Presentation Summit this week, Microsoft was the only presentation software represented (they came with a team of 6 Project Managers and Developers – which is a fantastic opportunity for anyone in the presentation industry to have direct access and conversation with the people responsible for PowerPoint!). The product expo had many great companies represented: slide management, hardware, add-in coders, AR and VR (amazing stuff!), and more. But Keynote, Prezi (who have been at the conference in the past), Haiku Deck, Adobe, Google, and other presentation creation apps did not have a presence.
Another interesting parallel that I noted was that for a conference full of professional presentation designers, there was continuous excitement over discovering new features and ways to use PowerPoint. That excitement of discovery ties in directly with a new LinkedIn an article that I posted, “The ‘New’ PowerPoint” about how people do not realize features that have changed and been added, literally making PowerPoint a new software app compared to previous versions.
The key takeaway is: yes, there are other presentation software options available. However, those other options do not have a large user base or large profile at presentation industry events. Microsoft’s PowerPoint continues to be the industry standard for presentation software – and there are plenty of new features to make it better than the “old” PowerPoint.
– Troy @ TLC
The Presentation Podcast Episode #38 Released Today!
A new episode of The Presentation Podcast with Troy, Nolan, and Sandy is available today! Check out their latest discussion on “Alternatives to PowerPoint.”
Add us to your favorite Podcasts on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, SoundCloud and more at The Presentation Podcast.
The Presentation Podcast Episode #37 Released Today!
A new episode of The Presentation Podcast with Troy, Nolan, and Sandy is available today! Check out their latest discussion on “Project Action List To Do BEFORE Opening PowerPoint.”
Add us to your favorite Podcasts on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, SoundCloud and more at The Presentation Podcast.