Infographic detailing the special relationship PowerPoint shares with business, focusing primarily on how it came to be and what it has become...

1. POWERPOINT &
BUSINESS
INTERESTING NOTES ON A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP
PowerPoint was introduced as a business graphics package for managers, professionals and sales
people. You probably use it regularly, but do you really know the product? Here, we illustrate some
interesting facts and figures about PowerPoint; how it came to be and what is has become…
Sources: BBC News, Microsoft, RobertGaskins.com
BRAINCHILD
FIRST
1992
POWERPOINT
WAS CREATED BY
ROBERT & DENNIS
GASKINS AUSTIN
THE FIRST
PUBLIC LAPTOP
PRESENTATION
It was originally called Presentation
but changed to PowerPoint in 1987
because of a trademark issue
WAS DELIVERED TO
MICROSOFT EMPLOYEES (In Paris)
LEADER
BY
MARKET SHARE
1993
POWERPOINT WAS THE
95%
MARKET LEADER
IN PC PRESENTATION
PROGRAMMES
DID YOU KNOW?
20 years later,
PowerPoint continues
to dominate with an
estimated 95% share
of the presentation
software market
HOW MANY?
In the first instance,
PowerPoint was
developed for Mac when
Gaskins & Austin worked
for Forethought.
THERE ARE
500
MILLION
Microsoft bought
Forethought in 1987 for
$14 million
POWERPOINT USERS
WORLDWIDE
Apple then waited until
2003 before releasing
Keynote
DAILY
WORDY
BUSINESSES GLOBALLY
MAKE
30
M LL ON
POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS
PER DAY
The average PowerPoint slide contains 40 words
(There are 39 on the featured slide)
CRITICISMS INCLUDE
THE PRESENTATION
RATHER THAN THE
IS OFTEN THE FOCUS
AUDIENCE
Too many presenters use slides as speakers notes, relying on bullet-points as a prompt
GOOGLE
13,100,000
SEARCH RESULTS GENERATED FOR
‘DEATH BY POWERPOINT’
(IN 0.33 SECONDS)
But, used properly, PowerPoint can be the impressive graphic sales tool that it was always intended to be…
… this infographic, for example, was made using PowerPoint
To learn more about effective business communication with PowerPoint, visit
www.activepresence.com/powerpoint-presentations/