Comments on: Is PowerPoint really that bad?

By: PPT - Powerful Presentation Techniques

PPT - Powerful Presentation Techniques — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:05:13 +0000

PowerPoint Attack …

Matthew Stibbe at BadLanguage has a post discussing whether PowerPoint is that bad. He argues that At worse it is an accomplice to the crime not the criminal. He provides links to various arguments pro and con for PowerPoint including…

By: Shawn Van Sluys

Shawn Van Sluys — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:27:51 +0000

Neill Archer Roan gives a lot of consideration to presenting in his blog at http://www.neillarcheroan.com/blog . It’s really worth checking this out.

By: Holly Harkness

Holly Harkness — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:55:42 +0000

Jean-luc Doumont also took issue with Tufte in the February 2005 issue of Technical Communication: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/stc/tc/2005/00000052/00000001/art00008 ($10 download).

If you ever get a chance to hear Jean-luc speak, do not pass it up. He uses PowerPoint effectively and his presentations are generally aimed at helping students and professional present information more effectively. His Web site is http://www.principiae.be/papers.html

By: Kenneth W. Davis

Kenneth W. Davis — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 16:30:50 +0000

Thanks, Matthew, both for your own remarks and for the link to the Don Norman piece. You might also enjoy looking at a brief paper on Tufte and PowerPoint from my friends at Communication Partners: http://www.communipartners.com/articles_presentations.html.

By: Partner Perspectives

Partner Perspectives — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:04:47 +0000

A chat with Matthew in Tom’s café……

I met with the writer of the Partner Update Magazine yesterday. We sat putting the world to right in……

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:58:38 +0000

Bad workman blaming his tools? No way can PowerPoint be drawn into or alongside any argument to apportion blame.

It is a tool and is a darned good product designed to assist speeches or presentation of data. The words and pictures displayed don’t get onto a slide by way of magic. The presenter puts them there. So leave Powerpoint out of it.

Focus anthing rotten with the speech or presentation where it belongs - solely on the presenter.