Powerpoint-Karaoke is a spin-off from the traditional Karaoke, however instead of singing songs, the participants must present an Impromptu and random PPT presentation. The presentations can come from a sampling of PPTs locally or by randomly downloading PPTs from the internet. Powerpoint-Karaoke can be considered a training game that allows the participants to hone their rhetorical presentation skills with a flair for dialogue. It is also considered to be a form of Improv or as a type of Theatersport game. Note that this term is also sometimes derisively used to refer to presenters who face the screen where their PowerPoint slides are being projected and proceed to read them, boring and effectively ignoring their audience.

Powerpoint-Karaoke made its world debut in January 2006 in Berlin, as a creation of the Zentrale Intelligenz Agentur, a collective of writers and artists in Berlin. The name Powerpoint-Karaoke is based on the title of Microsoft Powerpoint, the world’s most ubiquitous presentation software.

Powerpoint-Karaoke offers the possibility to improve one’s rhetorical abilities. It is a parody, which highlights the absurdity that many business presentations are.