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Mar
19

No more boring Powerpoint!

By Paul

I’ve been working on a talk and have seen the wisdom of chucking out the traditional bulleted Powerpoint list in favor of a completely visual (read: all pictures) presentation. For the last decade, Edward Tufte has complained PowerPoint’s density of information is so low, its only media analog is Soviet propaganda. Me? I just want the audience to fall asleep less. And since we gave a webinar on how to write a good presentation, I’m taking some of my own advice. After all, if this blog were a PowerPoint entry, it would read as follows:

  • Working on a talk; how best to write?
  • PowerPoint tradition = bulleted lists
  • But… low density of information
  • Tufte says, “Soviet Propaganda!”
  • Want people to stay awake
  • Taking own advice

So from here on out: PowerPoint Perestroika!

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Categories : conferences, speaking

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