Ultimately , a presentation succeeds or fails on the strength of its message and how well it 's told . An officer fired after publishing essay complaining about useless PowerPoints . Nancy Brown says bad presentations obscure or conceal key information . She says successful presentations do n't win because of a wealth of data . Duarte : What makes a PowerPoint great is great presentation .
An officer fired after publishing essay complaining about useless PowerPoints . Nancy Brown says bad presentations obscure or conceal key information . She says successful presentations do n't win because of a wealth of data . Duarte : What makes a PowerPoint great is great presentation .