Advice for those using Powerpoint in church

I’m no expert, but that dosn’t stop me talking about a subject. Here is my advice:

1. Read Seth Godin’s thoughts on Powerpoint

Seth’s Blog: Really Bad Powerpoint

He’s approaching the subject from a marketing / sales perspective, but I think what he has to say is very useful.

2. Remember that you don’t have to be tied to Microsoft these days

I’m sure most of you know this, but you can get software to do presentations for free – no need to go and buy Microsoft Powerpoint for your church. I use OpenOffice – the presentations bit of this is OpenOffice Impress. It will open Microsoft PowerPoint presentations and you can save presentations as Powerpoint files in case you need to pass them on to people who do use the Microsoft programme.

Perhaps I shouldn’t have entitled this post ‘using Powerpoint’, but that is still the phrase that most people use.

3. How about using some cartoons?

This is where I come in with my heavy handed sales pitch.

You can get a licence to use my cartoons as many times as you want in your church presentations for £35 a year. Worth thinking about perhaps.

[Small note to existing subscribers: I’m going to be adding quite a bit of new material for you soon. I’m also aware that I’m still woefully behind with my renewals reminders – if your ‘year’ has run out please keep using the material and I’ll hopefully get in touch with you shortly.]