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Effective PowerPoint Presentation: Death Star Attack

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

We’ve been discussing what constitutes an effective (or less-effective) MS PowerPoint presentation in a course I am taking this quarter at the MCDM, Evolutions and Trends in Digital Media Technologies, taught by Kathy Gill.  We were asked to provide examples of poorly designed presentations for tonight’s class, and I did find a few; the web is rife with them.  However, for this blog entry I have decided to share an example of what I think constitutes an unusually effective presentation.  Rebel fighters convening at a secret location on a moon orbiting the planet Yavin located in a galaxy far, far away, were given a PPT presentation on how to effectively destroy an interstellar weapon of mass destruction known as the “Death Star”.  The presentation, based on plans provided by rebel intelligence, details how to use conventional starfighter weaponry to destroy this WMD.  I feel that the presentation delineates the plan of attack in a clear and concise manner, while managing to pepper in some humor to keep the audience interested.  If I were to have designed the presentation I would have skipped using the basic red bullet points, but all told, I feel the presentation works effectively.  User AskAak at the social sharing and content commodification site YTMND.com captured the event.  Follow this link to see his report.

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