In conference rooms throughout the business world, it’s hard to imagine making a presentation without Microsoft’s PowerPoint — unless you’re an extraordinarily good speaker or have a knack for conveying data through an array of props.
What’s interesting is that most people who use PowerPoint really love it. A recent poll in TechRepublic.com posed several questions regarding people’s comfort level with PowerPoint and drew 600 responses. Of them, 52 percent said: “Yes, I love PowerPoint and use it successfully.”
Another 21 percent (the category I personally would check) answered: “Yes, but I wish I had the time to learn more about PowerPoint.” Sympathy is in order for another 10 percent who answered: “No, I don’t know enough about PowerPoint to create a respectable presentation, but I do my best.” The nerd contingent, who like the software but don’t like speaking, accounted for11 percent.
Only six percent of respondents said they never use PowerPoint to create or deliver presentations, and then there were the (probably executive level) people who said: “No, someone else creates the presentations that I deliver.”