PowerPoint mistakes that drive people crazy

Too many slides; too few slides How many should you use? I usually say 10, only because it's a finite number, and it's less than 1,000. A better answer: It depends. It depends, for example, on whether your audience can see you. If so, use fewer slides -- or none. But if you're leading a virtual meeting, and you're invisible to the audience, change your slides every minute or so to keep things moving. The other day, I used 28 slides for a 90 minute webinar. It worked.
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By Paul Hellman, Boston.com correspondent

Too many slides; too few slides

How many should you use? I usually say 10, only because it's a finite number, and it's less than 1,000.

A better answer: It depends. It depends, for example, on whether your audience can see you. If so, use fewer slides -- or none.

But if you're leading a virtual meeting, and you're invisible to the audience, change your slides every minute or so to keep things moving. The other day, I used 28 slides for a 90 minute webinar. It worked.