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Many of us who use PowerPoint on a regular basis have hundreds of slides, if not hundreds of separate slide shows, scattered throughout our computer, and even other company computers. Finding a specific slide on the spot, when needed, is practically impossible. New slide shows are made for each performance. Old slides are duplicated and modified. Before we know it, our slide collection looks like a content management nightmare. Finding just the right slide—and the right version of the right slide—is a monumental task.
Relational Presentation methods bring a natural order to this chaos by forming hierarchical, interlinked structures. Pieces of related content are grouped into logical arrangements that help a presenter find any slide within seconds, even if thousands of options are available. Turning your slides into a relational network provides a very powerful form of content management.
With a relational style of delivery, all your materials are together in one place, and, best of all, there is only one copy of any given slide. No longer is there a need for confusing duplications. In a way, PowerPoint content in this capacity becomes like a visual database, where all items wait for selection at the appropriate time. And, of course, you never need to leave PowerPoint’s Slide Show mode because content opens other content via hyperlinks. |
