A few years ago, I was asked by an East Coast high school athletics director if my speeches were 'power-point presentations.'
We agree that a speaker is an orator or lecturer of sorts and when he uses visual aids such as, videos, graphs and charts, his presentation is considered 'power-point.' This desire for the visual aid-laced communication should not surprise anyone. We now have a generation of adults who grew up tethered to video games, computers, iPhones, ipads, etc.
Whereas I also find the graphs, charts and other visual stuff to be useful, I would contend that a good speaker with a passionate message may not need any thing beyond his words to deliver the 'POINT.' I spent 37-years motivating young teenage boys to do stuff they did not wish to do and do the stuff well. Example: Be on time. Play hard all the time. Commit to physical demands of conditioning year round. Be unselfish. Be loyal. Please! The nature of the teen is self-centered and narcissistic; my words had to 'sell' the message and motivate the player into action. I believed then and believe today that successful sport teams have motivating leadership and those leaders can seal-the-deal with sound principles, simple approaches and motivating words.
Another guy who would not fit the bill for the East Coast athletics director's preconceived notion of a good 'speaker' would be Jesus Christ...He had some 'powerful points' to make but did not have a 'slide presentation.'
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