I don't know how I just came across this. The humor is outstanding and the fact that I have had to deal with this very subject makes it even better. I was working a DOD contract for an Army "course". Occasionally the students were required to receive some classes that were presented with the Death by PowerPoint method of instruction. The cadre that prepared the instruction were thorough in their research, planning and presentation of the subject matter at hand. However, even after being told there was a quiz/test at the completion, as soon as the lights lowered and the screens came to life, the heads started to tilt and they became lifeless.
This guy was on America's Got Talent this year. It seems enough people found this video by searching for his routines, but for you and I, it just found its way on our home page.
Man needs to update the fonts bit. Time New Roman is no longer being the default user. It's being the old man that refuses to change who possible yells at clouds (guilty as charged).
I only get those kinds of jokes cos I used to date a graphic designer for a long time. They all seem to take this Comic Sans thing very personally. That is for dang for
@@christophermccutcheon2143 I used to be a graphic designer in my younger days.. and yes indeed, we do took comic sans personal.. not because it's ugly, mind you, most of us actually liked comic sans.. but we learn to deeply hate it because it was so very overused by everyone in the 90s and early 2000s.. and I do mean EVERYONE, especially people who don't know how to layout, who took such beautiful font and unknowingly made a load of ugly designs with it.
This isn’t even his best one. I have watched a couple others and I actually think this one was the least funny (it was still funny, the other ones were just better).
This is not only highly informational, but also extremely funny! When I came to highschool my English teacher (I live in Austria) showed us this clip. The learning effect for me was so good! Since then I rocked every presentation. Still, I will come here once a year and just watch this for entertainment. The man is a legend!
While this being extremely funny, this needs to be shown to everybody in school work etc. This is a great way to show how to present info without losing an audience
A true comedy genius can have the audience get breathless by laughter, just stating mere facts. It's all about acute observation, right presentation, perfect timing.
My professor in computing showed us this video in lecture:) We were also told that if we can get a discussion going between us and the audience at the end, or a debate, even better.
Whatever happened to that paperclip that popped up to help you in Word... He should be in Power Point nowadays.... "Hi, It looks like you are putting every word you are going to say on this slide, can I help you?"
I started a new job as a RN for a dialysis company and our educator showed this video to us. The entire class loved it! Don McMillan is so talented and I appreciate how he brings humor to a normally dreary topic. :-)
This is great, this guy hit on every power point pet peeve currently known. I really enjoyed how he did it in a comedic way that made it fun to watch for students. Its too bad this wasnt around when I was in high school and had to sit through all the lack luster presentations by class mates.
I just want to thank my teacher for showing this in class. I almost died laughing just watching a quarter of it, I regret nothing about that. And now that I watched it completely, it's even better!
I also had to watch this video for a class assignment. I used to think that power points were boring because I didn't know the specifics of power point presentation. This video was actually funny and I was able to learn some interesting facts on preparing a power point presentation.
I watched this for my class, and I agree with it. All of the topics he talks about are nice to have in your power point but there is definitely a point when it becomes to much.
I found this very entertaining. I love the fact that he added in those of us with ADD! ;) I work for a major airline and we are constantly using Powerpoint in our training workshops. Some of the training materials that is sent to us from corporate include the most boring presentations that you can imagine. This is a must share with my training friends.
I really enjoyed watching this video. You make very good points about what should be in powerpoints, and it was very entertaining and very clear to understand. I definitely agree that making your powerpoint with to many bullets could be a bad thing.
Melissa Kelly What makes it funny is everyone who has watched it or that will watch it will find humor in it because what he displays is so true for anyone who has sat through a powerpoint presentation.
THIS right here is hilarious. I'm not a PowerPoint content creator but I've sat through TONS of meetings where the presenters did some or all of those things that Don said not to do. Great stuff, Don. You nailed it, man!
This is funny but effective. Keeps me learning and entertained at the same time. You don't see alot of powerpoint presentations like this. Thanks for the tips Don!
1:22 When it went to 2nd slide, I lost it! In my previous life, I worked with many an administrative & executive asst who'd claw your eyes out rather than make minor adjustment to get everything on 1 slide.
I love how you connected PowerPoint popularity and the Mortgage Meltdown in the US. But I'm sure you're aware we have to be careful with confounding variables! For example, even though beer, wine and vodka all have water in their composition, it is not the water that makes you drunk. And also, consumption of ice cream and sunburns are not correlated, even though the frequency of both increases during summer.
4:00 We are now in 2023... and still there is NO WAY to select an entire line and (like you do for "Copy", "Cut", "Change Color/Font/size") chose "Capital" to change and/or switch capitals with small letters and vice versa. I don't think it would be that complicated to add that option.
Awesome, original content which is hard to do these days. And I didn't here the efwerd once. You get 10 out of 10. Thank you Don. BTW, I can relate to all of this.
I used to be a graphic designer for 20 yrs + and every time I got a project to redesign/reorganize a presentation booklet from someone who used more than 2 font faces and almost all the text effects (drop shadows, inner glow, inner beveled, etc.), it pretty much meant I'm going to have to take a late lunch 😂
I don't know why RU-vid recommended this video to me, but it's a masterpiece! Despite my very low level of English (I'm from Ukraine), I understand almost everything. I was really impressed by S.A.O.D. There have been too many of them lately.
A lot of truths in this video and it's funny. Definitely use as few slides as possible, pictures of interest or video to play, rather than words and say what you mean, rather than write it into slides.
Unlike most Powerpoint presentations I paid attention for the whole thing. In the Army, a slam, burn, and slur is being referred to as a Powerpoint Ranger.
I have never used Powerpoint but Times New Roman is what I always use on MS WordPad and it is not the default, I have to change it every time I want to make a new file...
One of my instructors recommended viewing this--it's been a long time since I laughed that much at something (partly because I've been in business, and seen most of those things at least once). Luckily, the only one of those rules I break with any sort of regularity is moving text, but only then as a way to bring text onto the screen.
I was watching this and about half way I realized that literally my mind was screaming "NO MORE FUCKING POWER POINT!". 15 yrs in the Army severely damaged my ability to even look at anything power point. I couldn't even finish this video lol.
Great sketch! I can relate to it all, especially since my former boss was the H.S.H.I.C. of where I was employed. He was truly the Head Shit Head In Charge, though it was ' all in his head'. Keep up the great stand up work that you do, and thanks for making us all smile. PJM
One place I worked the boss insisted on giving our clients documentation via powerpoint. I cringed and tried to persuade him to change his mind to us using documents rather than presentations for 'documentation'. Needless to say that we lost the contract a year later.
