Bad PowerPoint

I attended what should have been a riveting lecture this evening. The speaker gave a Powerpoint presentation.

• He looked at the screen and not the audience.
• He read all the text on the screen.
• He described pictures/diagrams but they only appeared on the screen after he had finished reading the description/text.
• He had a great deal of text, and not key words so the audience read all the text and listened to the speaker at the same time so nothing went into the audience's heads.

At interval a number of people indicated that they were disappointed with the speaker and wanted to leave. Others said they kept dropping off to sleep. Since the advent of TV and video we expect quality presentations and 'contact'. Lecturers must eyeball and connect with their audience.