Using PowerPoint in visually interactive ways is just like it sounds ... having the flexibility to display meaningfully visual content at just the right moments while speaking. In other words, PowerPoint slides are treated like individual visual vocabulary that can be chosen on demand, as though forming words into sentences; rather than giving a fixed, linear presentation, a speaker moves around dynamically and freely within organized collections of slides, illustrating ideas and speaking a visual language. Any slide is available at any moment to explain a point, help answer a question, show extra detail, or shape audience discussions. See interactive presentation in action or see a few examples of navigation styles here that make this kind of presentation possible.

Does interactive presentation require anything besides regular PowerPoint software ... addins, plugins, or other software? No. PowerPoint contains all the necessary functionality and has for the past 12 years. What you need, though, is a different way of thinking. To become a visually interactive presenter, carefully consider the following four principles. They provide an outline for transforming your content and delivery styles into visually dynamic formats.