I really hate PowerPoint presentations when the presenter doesn’t know how to do them properly. How are you supposed to concentrate on the words someone is saying while simultaneously reading the words that appear on the screen? What’s the point of even using PowerPoint slides in such a situation?
PowerPoint is good for charts and illustrations, things that cannot be conveyed textually. Other than that it’s useless.
For good presenters, there is a strict rule in existence: if you need to have text on your slides, bullet points, statements, summaries, whatever, let them deviate not an iota from what you’re actually saying to your audience.
This rule seems to be completely unknown amongst PowerPoint afficionados.
The existence of PowerPoint disproves the existence of a loving omnipotent God.
I think you’re taking too limited a view on the potential value of slide decks. Check out the “best of” on slideshare.net and you’ll find some that violate your rule, but are pretty powerful.
Just Say No! to Powerpoint text slides.
@Jeffrey This could well be. Designing slides is an art form of sorts, and rules can—and often should—be broken to great effect.
“Broken,†however, implies that you have to have heard about such rules in the first place.