--- title: Your PowerPoint Presentations Suck Pt. 1 Visual Perception -Video description: Powerpoint and sales - like salt and pepper. Ubiquitous, often maligned and most often misused. 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If they look anything like the spoof slide below, then this series of three 10-minute videos will be of interest.  PowerPoint is ubiquitous, often maligned and most often misused... but as a presentation medium it has great utility. We just need to get better at using PowerPoint and to improve the stories and visual elements that we use to create our presentations. ## Your PowerPoint Sucks and what you can do about it Part 1.  [Your Powerpoint Sucks - Visual Perception](https://www.shift90.partners/inbound-marketing-messaging-sales-performance-blog/blog/visual-storytelling) Part 2. [The Hero's Journey and basic storytelling.](https://www.shift90.partners/inbound-marketing-messaging-sales-performance-blog/bid/113422/The-Hero-s-Journey-and-Basic-Storytelling-Video) Part 3. 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