Title: Why People Makes Lots of Money Making Presentations
Course: Technology Applications

Many famous speakers are famous for their presentations. What they will tell you about good presentations are that they

1. Tell a story/give experience.
2. Use PowerPoint for visuals, not lists and words.
3. Use visuals/images/pictures with care, not quantity.

More good stuff about this at http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2005/09/whats_good_powe.html

Smaller Groups
The larger the group you present with, the fewer slides and words you can have in a PowerPoint.

Even with "small groups", use PowerPoint's features carefully. Here are tips for small group presentations:
http://desktoppub.about.com/od/microsoft/bb/powerpointrules.htm

Independent Learning
Really, the only time PowerPoints should get "wordy" is if the presentation is intended for independent learning or review.