Powerpoint Karaoke

​PowerPoint karaoke, also known as battledecks or PowerPoint Roulette, is an improvisational activity in which a participant must deliver a presentation based on a set of slides that they have never seen before. Its name is derived from Microsoft PowerPoint, a popular presentation software, and karaoke, an activity in which a performer sings along with a pre-recorded backing track (although there is usually no music or singing involved in PowerPoint karaoke). PowerPoint karaoke can be considered a form of improvisational theatre, or a type of Theatresports game.

​The presentation can either be a real slideshow on an arcane topic; or a set of real slides from previous presentations or from different presentations that are nonsensical when assembled together; or slides that are nonsensical on their own (in some cases created by randomly downloading images from the internet and adding unrelated text). Sometimes, the presenter is given a theme beforehand that they must attempt to tie all the slides into.

​Participation includes 1) submitting a slide deck to Chiara at least two days before the event for someone else to present; 2) agreeing to present a slide deck you have never seen before; 3) bringing some snacks and drinks for everyone to share.

​We will do some improv games warming up before the presentations begin.