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The Table of Contents in PowerPoint is often used to give order and structure to the presentation.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you familiar with those elaborate virtual presentations<\/a> where the topic is divided into several sections?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here, those are the typical case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Usually, first you create the sections of the presentation, and then you put the titles in the PowerPoint table of Contents, creating a slide that works as a summary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the presentation you could duplicate the diary slide several times, perhaps to introduce the following session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is even more true if you are presenting a part of the presentation and let other speakers present the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you understand how important it is to distinguish one section from the other? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this case it is even more true because it also facilitates the change of speaker by giving the audience a break between one and the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, the PowerPoint<\/a> table of Contents is not always used properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Think of a speaker who relies on the agenda slide to remember what to say as he or she speaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s when the presentation takes control of the speaker. The audience will perceive that the speaker is not sufficiently prepared and will lose interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I remember an event where the speaker began the presentation with a rich 15-point agenda and spent the first half hour commenting on what she would tell us in the rest of the presentation point by point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I felt as if I were watching a film whose end was revealed to me before I could even get to know the plot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can you think of keeping the audience’s attention after destroying any storytelling logic?  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Learn how to create an attention-grabbing presentation using the logic of storytelling in the guide: Effective presentations: how to sell your ideas with presentations<\/a>, give it a look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can you think of any other terrible examples of the use of the PowerPoint agenda you’ve witnessed? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tell me about it in the comments, so we can build a complete guide to things you should avoid together!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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