Powerpoint-Karaoke
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Powerpoint-Karaoke is a spin-off from the traditional Karaoke, however instead of singing songs, the participants must present an impromptu presentation based on a random presentation, projected on a screen, to an audience. The presentations can come from a sampling of images collected locally or by randomly downloading from the Internet.
The name Powerpoint-Karaoke is based on the title of Microsoft PowerPoint, the world's most ubiquitous presentation software. In theory, other similar software can be used for this purpose. Powerpoint-Karaoke can be considered a training game that allows the participants to hone their rhetorical presentation skills with a flair for dialogue. It is also considered to be a form of Improv or as a type of Theatersport game.
Note that this term is also sometimes derisively used to refer to presenters who face the screen where their PowerPoint slides are being projected and proceed to read them, boring and effectively ignoring their audience.
[edit] Development and naming
Powerpoint-Karaoke made its world debut in January 2006 in Berlin, as a creation of the Zentrale Intelligenz Agentur, a collective of writers and artists in Berlin.
[edit] Goal
Powerpoint-Karaoke offers the possibility to improve one's rhetorical abilities. It is a parody, which highlights the absurdity that many business presentations are.
[edit] External links
- Spiegel Article on Powerpoint-Karaoke (in German).
- Powerpoint-Karaoke on 23C3 from the CCC
- Powerpoint-Karaoke from Camp 2007 from the CCC
