Common issues that churches have when using Microsoft Powerpoint

For many years Microsoft PowerPoint has been the default presentation software which a lot of churches here in New Zealand have tried to use with limited success.   The issue has been that PowerPoint is really not made for a church worship service.  PowerPoint is a good solution for a preacher, but falls short in other areas of a church service.

How many times have you seen people use PowerPoint, then want to show a DVD? They minimize  PowerPoint and then bring up another window with a DVD player.  While all this happens, the congregation see a rather distracting switch between two applications.  Sometimes, the tech person will switch the projector between PowerPoint and an physical DVD player.  All of this is very clunky and annoying.

This is why I use MediaShout along with PowerPoint.  With MediaShout I am able to use a single control point to show DVD’s, Songs and PowerPoint presentations.  All I have to do is load each of these into MediaShout and then run the entire presentation by pressing the space bar.  I am able to move from PowerPoint to a video clip and back to PowerPoint again or to a song without causing an on screen distraction.

I am often asked my people here in New Zealand to demonstrate this software, so if you want to see how MediaShout works, just drop me a line.

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