PowerPoint is a great tool. It's great for audiences. It's great for speakers. Except

PowerPoint是一個偉大的工具。對聽眾來說，它是偉大的。對演講者來說也是如此。除了

for when it's abused and misused. And you know the result. The result is you fall asleep.

為當它被濫用和誤用。而你知道結果。結果就是你睡著了。

Everyone falls asleep. PowerPoint is a very misused tool, but it doesn't mean PowerPoint

大家都睡著了。PowerPoint是一個非常被濫用的工具，但這並不意味著 PowerPoint

is bad. PowerPoint can be extraordinarily effective for you if you follow a few simple

是不好的。PowerPoint可以為你異常有效，如果你遵循幾個簡單的

rules.

規則。

For starters, you need to narrow the focus of your speech to a handful of key points.

首先，你需要將演講的重點縮小到少數幾個關鍵點上。

What you can't do is just gather up every single fact, every single number that your

你不能做的只是收集每一個事實，每一個數字，你的。

department has worked on for the last year, and cram it all into a bunch of PowerPoint

部門過去一年的工作，並將其全部塞進一堆PowerPoint中。

slides and quickly read it to people. If you're just using it as a data dump you're going

幻燈片，並迅速讀給人們聽。如果你只是把它當做一個數據轉儲，你將會

to put everybody to sleep.

讓大家都睡著了。

The most effective way to use a PowerPoint slide is to focus on a few simple rules. For

使用PowerPoint幻燈片最有效的方法是關注幾個簡單的規則。對於

starters, one idea per slide. Now, let me say that again. Literally one idea per slide.

首先，每張幻燈片一個想法。現在，讓我再說一遍。從字面上看，每張幻燈片一個想法。

So, what does that mean? That means if you have a heading and six bullet points that's

那麼，這是什麼意思呢？這意味著如果你有一個標題和六個要點，那就是......。

six ideas. That's not one idea. So, the basic concept is one idea per slide.

六個想法。這不是一個想法。所以，基本概念是每張幻燈片一個想法。

Use images rather than text. Now, hey, I'm a text guy. I've written eight books. I like

使用圖片而不是文字。現在，嘿，我是一個文字的傢伙。我已經寫了八本書。我喜歡

to read books. I'm not anti-text. But think about it. Your whole life when you like to

來閱讀書籍。我不是反文字。但你想想看。你的一生，當你喜歡

read text, do you really like to read a screen fifty feet away while someone's talking to

閱讀文本，你真的喜歡閱讀一個螢幕50英尺遠，而別人的談話，以。

you and turning the pages? Of course not. When you like to read you hold a book, or

你和翻頁？當然不是。當你喜歡閱讀的時候，你會拿著一本書，或

an iPad, or a computer screen this far away. You want quiet. And you want to turn your

或電腦屏幕這麼遠。你想要安靜。你想把你的

own pages. So it is simply not effective to use a PowerPoint as a way of throwing up a

自己的頁面。所以，用ppt作為拋磚引玉的方式根本沒有效果。

lot of text.

很多文字。

The best way to use a PowerPoint is to supplement your messages with images to drive your messages

使用PowerPoint的最好方法是用影像來補充你的資訊，以推動你的資訊。

to the audience so they remember it. Remember, you're not really giving a PowerPoint presentation.

給聽眾，讓他們記住它。記住，你不是真的在做PowerPoint演示。

I don't give PowerPoint presentations. I use PowerPoint, but I'm giving a T.J. presentation.

我不做PowerPoint演示。我用PowerPoint，但我做的是T. J. 演示。

You're giving a Samantha presentation. You have to make your ideas come alive. You have

你要給薩曼莎做演講。你必須讓你的想法生動起來。你要

to give examples with stories. Then, if you have a visual to make that idea come alive,

來舉出有故事的例子。然後，如果你有一個視覺，讓這個想法變得生動起來。

to make it more memorable, put the visual up. That can help you dramatically.

為了讓人更容易記住，把視覺。這可以極大地幫助你。

When you're speaking you shouldn't have a PowerPoint slide up. If there's a PowerPoint

當你說話時，你不應該有一個PowerPoint幻燈片了。如果有一個PowerPoint

slide up close your mouth and let people look at it.

滑起來閉上嘴讓人看。

Finally, the biggest tip of all, realize you can have two separate PowerPoints. You can

最後，最大的技巧，要知道你可以有兩個獨立的PowerPoints。你可以

have the traditional PowerPoint with lots and lots of bullet points, lots of text. E-mail

有傳統的PowerPoint，有很多很多的項目點，很多的文字。電子郵件

that to people in advance. Give it as a handout. But the PowerPoint you actually project on

那提前給人們。把它作為講義給大家。但你實際投射到的PowerPoint

a big screen in front of people should be stripped away of words and should focus on

在人們面前的大屏幕上，應該去掉文字，而應該專注於

one image per screen, one idea per screen. If you do that you will give a great PowerPoint

每屏一張圖片，每屏一個想法。如果你這樣做，你會給一個偉大的PowerPoint

presentation.

介紹。