Why PowerPoint should be banned
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Why PowerPoint should be banned
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Re: Why PowerPoint should be banned
#2I think perhaps instead of saying "powerpoint should be banned" perhaps poorly built diagrams and powerpoint slides with too much data that are meant to be read should be banned. Slides and visuals as part of a presentation are used to focus the listener visually on the main point being discussed. People are (generally) visually oriented and enhancing a presentation with visuals using slides can make your presentation better.
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#3I think perhaps instead of saying "powerpoint should be banned" perhaps poorly built diagrams and powerpoint slides with too much data that are meant to be read should be banned. Slides and visuals as part of a presentation are used to focus the listener visually on the main point being discussed. People are (generally) visually oriented and enhancing a presentation with visuals using slides can make your presentatio…
Agreed. Just because people can design ugly and confusing slides using powerpoint doesn't say much about the software itself. You can make ugly presentations using any similar software.
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#5looks like this article ripped off Don Watson https://vimeo.com/9369655
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#6Powerpoint is just an enabler for crap presentations. Maybe the trick is to make it harder to fill the canvas, so the pages become a bit sparser, and revert back to their original intended purpose, an aide memoire for the presenter to actually present, to use them as a reinforcement of the content, as a guide, and not, really not, something they just read verbatim from the slide!
Re: Why PowerPoint should be banned
#7I think perhaps instead of saying "powerpoint should be banned" perhaps poorly built diagrams and powerpoint slides with too much data that are meant to be read should be banned. Slides and visuals as part of a presentation are used to focus the listener visually on the main point being discussed. People are (generally) visually oriented and enhancing a presentation with visuals using slides can make your presentatio…
PowerPoint should be banned because its interface encourages the creator to add distractions. It has almost no tools for making things simpler.
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#8I worked in Defense for a year. There were soldiers and staff getting close to a "10,000 hour powerpoint" badge.
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#9This is like saying food makes us fat, ban food! Nonsensical
Re: Why PowerPoint should be banned
#10I think perhaps instead of saying "powerpoint should be banned" perhaps poorly built diagrams and powerpoint slides with too much data that are meant to be read should be banned. Slides and visuals as part of a presentation are used to focus the listener visually on the main point being discussed. People are (generally) visually oriented and enhancing a presentation with visuals using slides can make your presentatio…
PowerPoint should be banned because its interface encourages the creator to add distractions. It has almost no tools for making things simpler.
So... PPT really just needs a new design interface?