{"id":1696,"date":"2013-02-01T15:53:58","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T13:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/?p=1696"},"modified":"2020-08-27T18:23:45","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T16:23:45","slug":"we-have-a-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/we-have-a-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"We Have a Winning Animator"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Read Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute <\/span><\/span><p>Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"GRcorrect\" id=\"GRmark_3877c48b1838ad39d0efd76f8357a86ce74eabd9_PowToon's:0\">PowToon&#8217;s<\/span> contest &#8220;Bullet Points just kill me&#8221; is over. ?We asked our users to create an animated explainer video using PowToon about why bullet point presentations are boring. ?We had contesters of all ages participate and today we are glad to announce the winners.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>First Place:<\/h3>\n<h3 id=\"watch-headline-title\">4 Scientific Reasons Why Your PowerPoint Presentation Sucks (and the 2 Tips You Need to Fix It)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eLGLtnRopJM\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We were very impressed with this animated video that was made late in the game by Matthew Kostanecki. ?Even though he entered just a few days before the contest end, the explainer video views grew organically like wildfire and the explainer video just went viral. ?It really is catchy, isn&#8217;t it? ? 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