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PLEASE let speakers run slides on their own machines!Here're 5 reasons why doing otherwise is a bad idea.
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You're making presenters powerless!Every audience prefers to hear speakers who're in control, in power. By taking their slides away, you're taking their power away.
With each and every slide you're making them signal that they're your b**ch, that you run the show.
You're forcing your speakers to annoy the audience!"Next slide please," is extremely annoying to hear!
Every few seconds, presentation after presentation.
You're breaking the listener's flow!"next slide" commands followed by a pause create a wonderful opportunity for distractions.
The audience is nudged to do something else at the same time.
You're making presenters nervous!Telling the right thing under the spotlight is hard enough.
On top of that, they now need to worry
· if you'll bring up the right slide at the right time,
· they can't see their upcoming slide and
· they can't use their speaker notes.
You're forcing presenters to make slides busier!Speakers will use fewer slides (to decrease clicking) but they'll likely cram them up.
Busy slides that appear in one click are a nightmare!
The audience will read them at their own pace, losing the presenter's narrative.
What's your view on giving away slide control to a host?
Do you have a different opinion about the reasons explained in this thread?
@RichMulholland @edovansanten @RobbieCrab?
Do you have a different opinion about the reasons explained in this thread?
@RichMulholland @edovansanten @RobbieCrab?
TL;DR
When you don't allow speakers to run their own slides:
you're making presenters powerless
you're forcing them to annoy the audience
you're breaking the audience's listening flow
you're making presenters nervous
you're forcing presenters to make slides busier!
When you don't allow speakers to run their own slides:
you're making presenters powerlessyou're forcing them to annoy the audienceyou're breaking the audience's listening flowyou're making presenters nervousyou're forcing presenters to make slides busier!
