I don’t do PowerPoint presentations.
I teach. I preach. I talk. I illustrate. I tell stories.
And I use visuals on a screen to enhance that communication. The program I use to create those visuals happens to be PowerPoint.
Like any tool, it can be used well, or it can be used badly.
PowerPoint is designed to help the audience hear better, not to help the speaker communicate better.
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Karl produces resources for Helping Small Churches Thrive at KarlVaters.com.
He's the author of five books on church leadership, including his newest, De-Sizing the Church: How Church Growth Became a Science, Then an Obsession, and What's Next. His other books include The Grasshopper Myth and Small Church Essentials.
Karl also hosts a bi-weekly podcast,The Church Lobby: Conversations on Faith & Ministry, featuring in-depth interviews about topics that concern pastors, especially those who minister in a small church context.
Karl has served in small-church ministry for over 40 years, so he speaks and writes from decades of hands-on pastoral experience. He and his wife, Shelley have three children and two grandkids.