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Or it's an acknowledgment of the reality that humans aren't computers just absorbing information during a presentation. They get bored, they get restless, they

Or it's an acknowledgment of the reality that humans aren't computers just absorbing information during a presentation. They get bored, they get restless, they get distracted, etc. I'm not saying effects aren't used in the way you say, but I think they can have a place to keep a presentation from becoming dull and monotonous. Even the most interesting content can lose the audience if the way its presented doesn't hold their attention.

lisper 9y ago
If a presentation is boring and monotonous then the way to fix that is not by distracting the audience with bright shiny things. The way to fix it is to change the presentation so that the information conveyed is relevant and interesting rather than boring and monotonous. And if that's not possible then the way to fix it is to cancel the presentation and just point people to a document they can refer to. Seriously, the whole point of giving a presentation is that sometimes watching a person tell a story about whatever the topic is is better than reading about it. If that's not the case (and often it's not), then a presentation is a waste of everyone's time.