As someone who has to deal with hundreds of presentations a year (I work in A/V), I completely agree with you
If the audience has to read thousands of lines of text during your presentation they will NOT be paying attention to what you're talking about
Presentations should make the point you can't through speech, and be there to reinforce what you're talking about. If your entire presentation is focus around your powerpoint (or keynote, or whatever), then there's no point in YOU being there- the audience could download it from the internet and get all the same information!
Oh, my brother works in the same business, and I feel your pain! ha ha.
I completely agree, and what you say about "there's no point in YOU being there" is a very valid argument. Thank you.
I shared your post on my companies facebook page...
Another tip for presentations is to make them in the aspect ratio of what they're going to be displayed in. 4:3 presentations look terrible on 16:9 screens and vice versa. All major presentation software (powerpoint, keynote, etc) have the option to change your slide format, and duplicating your presentation into both formats will maximize your screen space- no black bars on the top or sides.