PowerPoint, thinking back regarding your issues, was it the presenter, unclear guidance causing slide changes or just PowerPoint?

It's always been my experience that the problem was never with PP, but with the briefer who couldn't be bothered to know the subject before the class/briefing. I can't stand the presenters who just read from the slides without any other input. Or worse, going through the classroom having people read in turn.

The last time I gave a class using PP, I reviewed the slides before the class began(I had downloaded prepared slides from a website). During the class, I read the highlighted bullets, then filled in using personal experiences and hypotheticals. Everyone who attended stayed engaged and awake for the entire class. Didn't hurt I used my "outside" voice so those in the back could hear.

PowerPoint is the devil! There I said it. The problem with PP is that either the AIM(Angry Iron Major) or one of his/her subordinates want to make it the grandest of the grand briefings for the Boss.

In one of my units, the problem was the unrealistic level of perfection required for all meetings using PowerPoint; USR, training meeting, command & shaft, QTB (plus all the rehearsals) you name it. If there were errors, it meant I would be home after 9pm.