The Blame Game

I agree with Bumillers assertions such as PowerPoint being very boring, and it can be a very confusing tool sometimes. PowerPoint just like any other tool of communication has benefits and drawbacks. Its benefits involve, provides a professional outline to presentations; it makes it possible for the speaker to look at his audience when describing certain actions, unlike the use of white boards in describing those actions; very importantly it makes it possible to distribute copies of presentation outlines to the audience before hand. On the other hand, its drawbacks are: distributing of the presentation slides before hand makes the audience be less attentive during the actual presentation, as it can be seen in the article whereby the Defense Secretary likes to get the slides a night before so as to speed up the actual presentation, and also the use of many graphics in PowerPoint make them less effective in communicating the relevant information.
I have had such an experience with PowerPoint as put forward by Bumillers. During one of my public speaking class presentations, I was rendered ineffective in communicating with my audience since my PowerPoint was malfunctioning. It had some graphics on certain slides, that were meant to make my speech more comprehensible, but those graphics did not load on the slides when I started the slide show. Therefore, making it difficult for me to come across to my audience effectively.
The major issue that is being highlighted in Bumillers article is that of disorganization. The only way to make PowerPoint more audience centered in this case is by,using larger fonts, and never using too much ,or annoying animations or graphics. Giving PowerPoint slides before hand is a good idea but more content of the presentation should be made vocal than written on slides. Although, PowerPoint have some of the major drawbacks in communication, but they serve the purpose excellently. Therefore, more cautious should be given when designing the slides than blaming the software.