No more cheesy powerpoint
I’m trying to prepare myself for the use of PowerPoint during our worship services so I found this interview with Rene Shlaepfer intersting. Here are few ideas gleaned from the interview;
- Keep the slides simple and uncluttered
- The slides should never be obtrusive, and they should never dictate the substance of the message
- Don’t settle for the templates and images that come with the program; everybody’s seen them
- Don’t use every fancy swipe, fade and disolve just because it’s there
- People respond best to images, include pictures of people when possible
Kevin is a husband, dad of eight, pastor and blogger from beautiful Higgins Lake, Michigan 
7. May 2003 at 23:48
I started using powerpoint about five years ago and as I look back at the powerpoints I created way back then I am a bit embarrassed cause they were nasty. hehe. But now it works well and I use it week after week in our worship services.
9. May 2003 at 08:32
More advice: dark text on a light background.
I came to this after sitting through several PowerPoints in one day at a conference and the presentations that went in this direction were always more energizing.
Those presentations going the other way - light text on a dark background - were more tiring.
Put more light on the screen - keep the audience awake………jkeez