Bland to Bold

In my 332 British Literature class, we may watch three PowerPoint presentations in a class hour. On days like this, it's difficult for my teacher to keep our interest.

Lack of attention from students has become a horrible routine in too many classrooms. Why? The Washington Speechwriters Roundtable blog says, “One explanation—as Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post put it—is PowerPoint’s ‘seductive availability.’ It’s just too easy.”

PowerPoint is getting overused to the point that people are numb to it and its usefulness as a speech-giving aid.

This blog also quotes a “veteran of the presentation wars: ‘We groan when we have to attend a meeting with a slide deck as the star.’”

Anthony Storr said, “Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.” In our speech writing, we must be innovative, in our presentation of that speech, bold.