Get good at PowerPoint…

I was thinking this the other day as I listened to a medical presentation where the presenter had to rush through his last 5-10 slides talking at breakneck speed as he realized he was running out of time.

PowerPoint. Such an important, underutilized skill to learn. Get really good at it. Get really, really good at PowerPoint and presenting information.

Medical talks are probably the most boring powerpoint presentations. Long sentences, small font, intricate and undecipherable diagrams and pictures.

In most presentations we are given a time limit. And then we try to pack in way more information into that time than we should.

A presentation should be given time to breathe. Leave time for questions. Provide a handout.