http://www.badlanguage.net/power-corrupts-but-powerpoint-corrupts-absolutely How to communicate Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:13:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.badlanguage.net/power-corrupts-but-powerpoint-corrupts-absolutely#comment-1517 Bad Language / Is PowerPoint really that bad? Tue, 29 Aug 2006 05:22:12 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=34#comment-1517 [...] I’ve posted previously about the value of visual evidence and the way in which PowerPoint condenses thoughts into bullet points. Certainly, I use PowerPoint when I give speeches, but almost always use images and sometimes a few words per slide. Darren Strange has some good advice about making presentations and so does Guy Kawasaki. [...] [...] I’ve posted previously about the value of visual evidence and the way in which PowerPoint condenses thoughts into bullet points. Certainly, I use PowerPoint when I give speeches, but almost always use images and sometimes a few words per slide. Darren Strange has some good advice about making presentations and so does Guy Kawasaki. [...]

]]> http://www.badlanguage.net/power-corrupts-but-powerpoint-corrupts-absolutely#comment-340 Susan LK Gorbet Sun, 02 Jul 2006 15:06:29 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=34#comment-340 One of the best presentations I ever saw had hundreds of slides and no font at all. (Sort of 500/60/0, perhaps) It was a talk by Karim Rashid, the designer. The powerpoint had what seemed like thousands of photos of his work, and it just ran continuously behind him while he talked. Whenever he ran out of steam, he'd glance up, get reminded of another story about a project, and he was off and running. The stories were fascinating, the eye candy was delicious, and he left us wanting to know more about all the things we'd seen. One of the best presentations I ever saw had hundreds of slides and no font at all. (Sort of 500/60/0, perhaps) It was a talk by Karim Rashid, the designer. The powerpoint had what seemed like thousands of photos of his work, and it just ran continuously behind him while he talked. Whenever he ran out of steam, he’d glance up, get reminded of another story about a project, and he was off and running. The stories were fascinating, the eye candy was delicious, and he left us wanting to know more about all the things we’d seen.

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