Description
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95% of all presentations today are given using a projector and PowerPoint. Yet what some people consider to be professional often completely destroys the effect on the audience. PowerPoint does not make for entertainment but rather for boredom. That is due to the fundamental concept of PowerPoint, not to how it is used!Discover how you can dispense with PowerPoint forever and moreover, with which alternative you can achieve five times the effect. In addition, you can trigger fascination at the push of a button. That is not just a catchy advertising slogan; it really is possible!M. Poehm shows you how.· Why PowerPoint and projectors impede effectiveness: the facts!· How you can present figures and diagrams with triple effectwithout PowerPoint· The 2% exception for PowerPoint. But how?· How to make a crime thriller out of even the driest subjects· How to portray your own achievements in such a way that the audiencewill be profoundly impressed· How to double your bid chances with well conceived presentations
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The PowerPoint FallacyIn this book I address in detail the subject presenting withthe aid of presentation software.Th roughout the book I talk about PowerPoint, as thisprogramme has a global market share of 95 per cent.Whenever I refer to PowerPoint however, I am always referringto all other presentation software in existence,which clearly suff ers from the same problems of use. Forthe sake of completeness I shall mention some others:Apple Keynote; Applixware; Adobe Ovation; CorelPresentations; FotoMagico; Google Text & Spreadsheets;OpenOffi ce.org Impress; KPresenter; LaTeX Beamer;Lotus Freelance Graphics; Lotus Symphony; OperaShow;PowerDash; Prezi; PulpMotion; StarOffi ce; S5and many more.
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Matthias Pöhm ist einer der erfolgreichsten Rhetorik-Trainer im deutschsprachigen Raum. Er arbeitet als freier Schriftsteller, Moderator und Sprecher für Filmkommentare, Fernseh- und Rundfunkwerbung.
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Matthias Poehm is the best public speaking trainer in the German-speaking countries
(Nordwest Zeitung).
He coaches leading figures from politics and the economy for their public appearances. He is the organiser of the Public Speaking Event of Superlatives the hardest and Europes most expensive public speaking seminar (FAZ) with an invited audience of around 120 people. More than 1000 articles have already appeared in the media about him.
He is the man who wants to have PowerPoint outlawed in Switzerland because, in his opinion, PowerPoint damages the national economy.
