Probably the most impressive use of presentation media for me was a couple of years ago when I went to a seminar on financial success in real estate. The speaker was obviously a bit of a tech geek and was also a very talented public speaker. During his presentation he utilized both power point and various websites. He was obviously very comfortable utilizing presentation media.
The presentation media drew the audience into the subject matter and allowed us to connect better with the speaker. I was appreciative when there were key points that the speaker made that I was able to note down only because it was on the visual screen. I would have forgotten them if I had to rely solely on what I heard. There wasn't really any point that I would say the presentation media detracted from the speaker's presentation. If anything, if it weren't for the presentation media, I probably would not have gotten as much out of the seminar.
I have been to several types of presentations like that and it is awesome how they put together the media to assist in keeping our attention. I agree that they have to be a tech geek to show off how much information they have to present. But what if someone else created it for them and they just use it to their advantage. I guess we would have to ask how we would know. But if you were impressed that is all that mattered. What would be the point of the media if it did not have anything to do with what the speaker was offering? Most of the time it is a distraction for the audience.
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