See this September 2007 post in Presentation Zen. Money quote: "Bill's topic/subtopic bullet point style is very common, very bland, and rarely effective."
Besides Bill's reliance on bullet points and screen clutter, notice this comparison about the slides: All of Bill's slides bear a title. But very few of Steve's do.
Why care? Because a title is another element, like bulleted lists, that encourages you to read your slides to the audience, a behavior which will destroy your presentation faster than a shot dog through a barn. So make this simple note to yourself: Ban titles on slides. It will encourage you to tell a story that uses slides for emphasis, rather than having the slides tell the story for you. Because if you allow that to happen, you may as well not even be there.
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