PowerPoint karaoke, anyone?
PowerPoint karaoke–where people pick up random presentations from the Web and wing ‘em in front of an audience–is no longer just for geeks, according to this article in the Boston Globe. Here’s how it works, from the article:
- In a typical event, a few brave people volunteer to “present” a random deck of slides pulled off the Web, or borrowed from friends or employers. (I first heard about PowerPoint Karaoke when an organizer asked if she could use a deck I had presented on word meanings.) The audience laughs, cheers, and yells out suggestions as the presenters gamely struggle to link one slide to the next, transforming something that probably started life as a tedious corporate monologue into a five-minute flight of creative irony.
I can’t imagine you could use it in any formal way for a conference, but how much fun would it be to incorporate it into a social event? The article does say people have been using this at meetings, but doesn’t explain how. But you all are creative, so I’m sure you can come up with something.
Related Topics: Just for fun
March 4th, 2008 at 9:33 am
I love this idea! It would certainly be more fun (or at least less painful) for the audience than real karaoke tends to be …
Have any of your readers ever seen this done?
March 5th, 2008 at 6:13 am
Sue, thanks for sharing! Topics like this really get the creative juices flowing. This idea and concept kind of reminds me of a skit on the show the show “Who’s Line is it any way?”
This video on “how not to use powerpoint” may give some good tips so that one doesn’t freeze on stage when doing their first Powerpoint Karaoke. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLpjrHzgSRM
March 15th, 2008 at 8:12 am
Sue — How funny! And what a great example of why PPTs (without notes added) are NOT good replacements for workbooks or binder materials, as many of our volunteer content leaders prefer to provide them….
Thank you!!
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