You know about Chicago-style deep-dish pizza, right? It’s not just a pizza; it’s an experience with its thick crust, high sides, epic amount of sauce, cheese, and pantry-full of toppings. Well, guess what: pizza isn’t the only thing that comes in Chicago style.

Love it or hate it – OK, sorta like it or truly detest it – PowerPoint is essential in the modern boardroom, and the modern lecture hall, and the modern classroom, and the modern lab, and the modern wedding, and the modern funeral, and, for all we know, probably some modern bedrooms. You are almost certainly going to have to make a PowerPoint presentation from time to time. So here, as our gift to you – and, more importantly, our gift to your audiences – are seven mistakes many people make when creating and delivering PowerPoint presentations. You should strive to avoid them.