Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Is Powerpoint an aid or a crutch?

"Death by Powerpoint" is a common problem at Microsoft. Most people think that-because they have made slides--that they have an effective presentation.

WRONG.

Some more food for thought in the anti-bad Powerpoint/Presentation jihad (is it non-pc to use that word)...

My favorite quote:

After the hour talk was over I realized that the presentation was a miracle of sorts:

Until that day I didn’t think it was possible to actually listen to someone make a PowerPoint presentation in my native language of English and for me to genuinely not understand a single point that was made. Not one. Nada.

I understood the individual words, the pronunciation and diction were perfect, but between ubiquitous acronyms — and the darting laser pointer used to underline those acronyms — bulleted lists, and colourfully decorated charts and diagrams, after it was all said and done, I realized that I hadn’t comprehended a single idea.

I wanted my hour back.

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