Digital Story Telling...My Thoughts about Week Three

Wow I used to think that a spectacular presentation was one with plenty of bells and whistles. I have a different perspective after reading Presentation Zen. The concept of simpler being better, less being more and leaving my audience with the ability to "hear" a message without any background noise are radical and revolutionary moves in this digital age. Can I possibly be that rebellious as not to gorge my media presentations with bullet points, text, graphics images and a song and pony show? Would my audience be smart enough to understand my message without all of that stuff?

Of course they will. The bigger question for me is how did they ever hear my messages before when I was filling slides with bullets points followed by somersaulting words, flying pictures and bouncing clip art. Thank God for continually learning new and better ways of doing things. Simpler is better and less is more, this concept will leave my audience room for desert, even a second helping if they want one.