A couple of weeks ago I got involved in a debate with Nathan Cashion of Brain Slides about a really impressive presentation created by one of SlideRocket’s customers, Kashi Foods. You can watch Kashi’s presentation and read Nathan’s post and related comments here.

Nathan’s perspective is that presentations shouldn’t be encumbered with a lot of text or used as documents. I argued that our definitions of what constitutes a presentation are too narrow and we should applaud Kashi for innovating the presentation medium and exploring new ways to engage their audience.

You can draw you own conclusions but a great parallel for technology adapting is the printed page. Look at how that has evolved, from the first printing press to today’s electronic magazines and e-books. Why would we expect anything less than evolution from presentation technology?

This discussion led me to look for other ways in which presentation technology has been used and resulted in the following – 7 Unusual Uses for Presentations. I hope you enjoy it and please add your own opinion in the comments below. My conclusion: As unusual as these presentations may be, their goal is common, finding the best, most engaging way to tell a story.

If you’ve observed or implemented a new way to use presentation technology please let me know and we’ll collaborate to add a slide to this deck. Let’s see how many unusual uses we can find.

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