This slideshare demonstrates how PowerPoint has the capacity to destroy the narrative integrity of a beloved children's story OR enhance it. The choice is up to the person designing the slides! It takes work but the work pays off with happy audiences clamoring for more.

1. LITTLE
RIDING
HOOD
...and
the day
PowerPoint
came to town
red

2. We all know the
classic children’s
story of Little red Riding Hood.

3. Once upon a time,
there was a little girl who lived in a village near the forest. Whenever she went out, the little girl
wore a red riding cloak, so everyone in the village called her Little Red Riding Hood. One
morning, Little Red Riding Hood asked her mother if she could go to visit her grandmother as it
had been awhile since they'd seen each other. "That's a good idea," her mother said. So they
packed a nice basket for Little Red Riding Hood to take to her grandmother. When the basket
was ready, the little girl put on her red cloak and kissed her mother goodbye. "Remember, go
straight to Grandma's house," her mother cautioned. "Don't dawdle along the way and please
don't talk to strangers! The woods are dangerous."
"Don't worry, mommy," said Little Red Riding Hood, "I'll be careful." But when Little Red Riding
Hood noticed some lovely flowers in the woods, she forgot her promise to her mother. She
picked a few, watched the butterflies flit about for awhile, listened to the frogs croaking and then
picked a few more. Little Red Riding Hood was enjoying the warm summer day so much, that
she didn't notice a dark shadow approaching out of the forest behind her... Suddenly, the wolf
appeared beside her. "What are you doing out here, little girl?" the wolf asked in a voice as
friendly as he could muster. "I'm on my way to see my Grandma who lives through the forest,
near the brook,"

4. What happens when
PowerPoint
comes to town
and tells the story?

5. • Little Red Riding Hood (LRRH) takes basket to Grandma through woods
• Woods are dangerous
• Filled with animals
• LRRH stops to pick flowers
• Wolf sees LRRH and takes shortcut to Grandma’s House
• Eats Grandma before LRRH arrives
• Wolf dresses in Grandma’s gown and greets LRRH
• LRRH is a doofus and thinks Wolf is Grandma
• Wolf attacks LRRH
• Woodsman hears LRRH’s cries and kills Wolf with Axe
• Extracts Grandma from Wolf’s stomach intact
• LRRH and Grandma share treats from basket
• The woodsman knocked out the wolf and carried him deep into the forest
where he wouldn't bother people any longer. Little Red Riding Hood and
her Grandmother had a nice lunch and a long chat.

6. And if we were brutally honest...
It would probably look something
more like this:

7. • Little Red Riding Hood (LRRH) takes basket to Grandma through woods
• Woods are dangerous
• Filled with animals
• LRRH stops to pick flowers
• Wolf sees LRRH and takes shortcut to Grandma’s House
• Eats Grandma before LRRH arrives
• Wolf dresses in Grandma’s gown and greets LRRH
• LRRH is a doofus and thinks Wolf is Grandma
• Wolf attacks LRRH
• Woodsman hears LRRH’s cries and kills Wolf with Axe
• Extracts Grandma from Wolf’s stomach intact
• LRRH and Grandma share treats from basket
• The woodsman knocked out the wolf and carried him deep into the forest
where he wouldn't bother people any longer. Little Red Riding Hood and
her Grandmother had a nice lunch and a long chat.
*That’s a 14 point font in case you were wondering...

8. But wait... we need to add
some pizazz don’t we?

9. • Little Red Riding Hood (LRRH) takes basket to Grandma through woods
• Woods are dangerous
• Filled with animals
• LRRH stops to pick flowers
• Wolf sees LRRH and takes shortcut to Grandma’s House
• Eats Grandma before LRRH arrives
• Wolf dresses in Grandma’s gown and greets LRRH
• LRRH is a doofus and thinks Wolf is Grandma
• Wolf attacks LRRH
• Woodsman hears LRRH’s cries and kills Wolf with Axe
• Extracts Grandma from Wolf’s stomach intact
• LRRH and Grandma share treats from basket
• The woodsman knocked out the wolf and carried him deep into the forest
where he wouldn't bother people any longer. Little Red Riding Hood and
her Grandmother had a nice lunch and a long chat.

10. Hooray for random images
that don’t add to the narrative.
And more is always more right?

11. Let’s make it a little more
corporate by adding something
beloved by all business presenters

12. LRRH
The Wolf
0 25 50 75 100
Morning Afternoon Late Afternoon Early Evening
How far did LLRH & the Wolf walk that day?

13. Charts and Graphs really add
some narrative appeal don’t they?

14. WHAT
ARE
WE TO
DO?
LLRH does not haveto be told this way &neither does yourstory.

15. 1.Resist the urge to tell the ENTIRE
story in your slides

16. Get VISUAL
Find SMART & Interesting images
2.

17. Keep it SIMPLE
3.

18. Careful red...
He’s a
BIG
BAD
WOLF!

19. RE
MEM
BER
People are not
inspired by
Bullet
Points!

20. RE
MEM
BER
The Power behind
PowerPoint is
the
VISUAL
appeal it can
create

21. RE
MEM
BER
People Remember
STORIES.
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They are moved
by
STORIES
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They connect to
STORIES

22. LITTLE
RIDING
HOOD
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