Quite Possibly The World’s Worst PowerPoint Presentation Ever - A Demonstration of What NOT to do When Creating and Using PowerPoint Slide Shows - How to Use this Presentation - Avoid Common Mistakes

Sep 12, 2026

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A demonstration slide deck showing what not to do when creating and using PowerPoint presentations. The content covers how to watch the show, review deliberately horrible design examples, and apply practical hints to avoid similar failures. It critiques overcrowded slides with excessive text and tiny fonts, poor color choices, overwhelming visuals, and distracting animation. It also illustrates distracting filler material with a “Chilean Exports” section and includes quick guidance on layout, typography, and presentation simplicity.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryPresentations

FormatPDF

Pages14

Reading Time5 min

AccessFree to download

How to Use this Presentation

Horrible examples and hints

Too Much Text, and Font too small

Six-by-Six rule

Use pictures and large font

Topic examples and filler content

Chilean Exports

Too much text and eye-hurting narration

Design and visual guidance

Bad Color Choices

Overwhelming Pictures

Overuse of slide animation

Additional examples

Beginner Motorcycles

Racquetball Fundamentals

Quite Possibly The World’s Worst PowerPoint Presentation Ever A Demonstration of What NOT to do When Creating and Using PowerPoint Slide Shows How to Use this Presentation • Watch the slide show. • Gaze at the horrible examples of bad slide design and presentation. • Read the hints and tips slides that follow the examples to avoid making similar mistakes! Chilean Exports • Fresh fruit leads Chile's export mix-Chile emerges as major supplier of fresh fruit to world market due to ample natural resources, consumer demand for fresh fruit during winter season in U.S. and Europe, and incentives in agricultural policies of Chilean government, encouraging trend toward diversification of exports and development of nontraditional crops-U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Report • Chile is among the developing economies taking advantage of these trends, pursuing a free market economy. This has allowed for diversification through the expansion of fruit production for export, especially to the U.S. and Western Europe. Chile has successfully diversified its agricultural sector to the extent that it is now a major fruit exporting nation. Many countries view Chile's diversification of agriculture as a model to be followed. • Meanwhile, the U.S. remains the largest single market for Chile's fruit exports. However, increasing demand from the EC and Central and East European countries combined may eventually surpass exports to the U.S. , spurring further growth in Chile's exports. • If you’ve read this far, your eyes probably hurt and you’ve been reading this tedious long-winded text instead of listening to me. I’m insulted-can’t you see I’m doing a presentation up here? Look at me! Congratulations, however, on having such good eyesight. Too Much Text, and Font too small • Don’t put large blocks of text in your presentation. • Emphasize the main points. • The “Six-by-Six” Rule. • Use pictures-PowerPoint is multimedia! • Use a large font…at least 30-point or more. Beginner Motorcycles • My personal favorite: the Suzuki Savage • Light weight (~380lbs) • Adequate power (650cc engine) • Low seat height fits most riders Bad Color Choices • Avoid loud, garish colors…dark text on light background is best. • Avoid text colors that fade into background, i.e. blue and black • Avoid color-blind combinations: – Red and green – Blue and yellow Overwhelming Pictures • Use pictures, but don’t let them use you. • Keep slides SIMPLE! Too much diverts audience away from content. • Too many pictures also make saving a presentation difficult. • 1 or 2 pictures per slide is probably enough. Racquetball Fundamentals 􀂄 2, 3, or 4 players. 􀂄 1 player serves, other “returns.” 􀂄 Only serving player can score. 􀂄 Served ball must land past serving line and cannot hit back wall. 􀂄 Ball can only bounce once before striking front wall…but ball does not have to bounce. Using too much Slide Animation • Again, keep slides simple! • Apply one Slide Transition style and one Animation Scheme to ALL slides. • Don’t change between styles-a single style makes a presentation look unified. • “Busy” presentations divert audience attention from content.

FAQs

How should a viewer use this PowerPoint presentation?

Watch the slide show, review the bad design examples, and read the hints and tips slides that follow to avoid repeating the same mistakes.

What are the main problems with text and fonts in this presentation?

It warns against large blocks of text and fonts that are too small, emphasizing highlighting main points and using a sufficiently large font (at least 30-point).

Which visual and interaction issues should be avoided?

Avoid loud or fading color choices, don’t overload slides with too many pictures, keep slides simple, and avoid overwhelming slide animation by using a consistent transition and animation scheme across all slides.

Sep 12, 2026

Upload by Grenda