This video was posted onto YouTube seven days ago by the folks at Growing Leaders:
Within a mere seven days this “Every Presentation Ever: Communication FAIL” video has garnered over 178,000 views — that’s good publicity for an organization that does good work. It’s easy to understand why people like this video… what’s a bit harder to understand is why two of my friends have already tagged me with it (HT DavidC and GilY). It may mean that my friends know what I do for a living… and/or it may mean they know that I sometimes preface my prefaces with a preface.
What I like about this video, apart from its painfully-true-to-life humor, is its high level of craft in the details. Not every gag is pointed out, not every joke verbalized… it invites you to take a closer look and discover things on your own… and that’s exactly what makes for a good presentation. Am I over-thinking it? Sure, why not. The video wins because it calls out the bad behavior without modeling it.
Looking for something simpler but also funny? (Oh you weren’t? Well here it is anyway.) Here’s a classic bit by Don McMillan called “Life After Death by PowerPoint:”
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