Sidestepping
“Death by
PowerPoint”
Kelvin L. Davis

Typical PowerPoint
• This is the first list
– This is a point
– This is another point
– This is a third point
– This is yet another point
– What do you think about this point?
– How about another point
– And yet another one?
– I will try to fit one more in
– But I think that this is the most important one, but I am
running out of room on the slide, but I really want you to
see this point so I need to have it on this slide so I hope
that you can read this point because it really is
important, so here it the point for you to see and read.

Another Typical PowerPoint
• Cities and towns organized fire companies
and fire departments
– Groups protected cities and towns
– Benjamin Franklin
• Organized one of the first groups
• Founded first fire insurance company

Always worked before,
so why change?
Maybe not all bad,
but maybe a different way?

OK then
• Continue as before....
• OR

Looking at Bullet Points
• The good and the bad
• Limit the amount of bullets
• Brevity
• Avoid A.O.

Number is related to amount of water.
1-A rated contains equivalent of 1.25
gallons of water.
2-A rated contains equivalent of 2.5
gallons of water.
4-A rated should extinguish
approximately twice as much fire as a
2-A rated.

Number is based on approximate
square feet of burning fuel that can
be extinguished.
10-B rated will extinguish 10 square
feet of fire.
40-B rated will extinguish 40 square
feet of fire.

Class C extinguishers use agents that
do not conduct electricity.

Photos in PowerPoint
When and how to use correct photos
Make sure they are relevant
Make your photos more direct

Photos that are Relevant

Here are a few ways to control the
scene when you first arrive:
1. Always look before you exit
your engine and cross a
roadway
2. Set up flares as soon as
possible
3. Get bystanders away from
the scene
4. Park the apparatus in a
manner to block the roadway

Here are a few ways to control the
scene when you first arrive:
1. Always look before you exit your engine and cross a roadway
2. Set up flares as soon as possible
3. Get bystanders away from the scene
4. Park the apparatus in a manner to block the roadway

Educational Games
• PowerPoint for educational games
• Game development
• Example of a game designed in
PowerPoint
• Who Wants to be an EMT-Basic

50:50

15 $1 Million
14 $500,000
13 $250,000
12 $125,000
11 $64,000
10 $32,000
9 $16,000
8 $8,000
7 $4,000
6 $2,000
5 $1,000
4 $500
3 $300
2 $200
1 $100

15 $1 Million
14 $500,000
13 $250,000
12 $125,000
11 $64,000
10 $32,000
9 $16,000
8 $8,000
7 $4,000
6 $2,000
5 $1,000
4 $500
3 $300
2 $200
50:50
1 $100

Converting PowerPoint to Flash
PowerPoint presentations can be
converted to flash and then
delivered stand alone.
Example

Summary
Think outside the usual
presentations to educate
students and avoid a common
problem...