Posted on 04/27/2010 7:51:04 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
I view Power Point as the notes I would take (and hope you would take) if I were viewing that presentation.... nothing more
That way you audience in engaged with you and not busy taking notes...
And that also why you give them a printed copy before you start, so that can make their own additional notes on the slides
I view Power Point as the notes I would take (and hope you would take) if I were viewing that presentation.... nothing more
That way you audience in engaged with you and not busy taking notes...
And that also why you give them a printed copy before you start, so that can make their own additional notes on the slides
Or even simpler...Power Point is what you would put on the chalk board or white board
Specifically mentioned in the Columbia report is a PowerPoint slide used by the Engineers briefing the foam strike. Due to the amount of information and the poor presentation it minimized the potential danger. Also, in the report, NASA provided what were supoosed to be “engineering reports” in a PP format to the investigating board, absent any data and actual scientific method. Used correctly I guess it can be effective, I just need someone to tell me what “correctly” is. (IMHO)
Interesting for a general to say, “Some problems in the world are not bullet-izable.” Bring in the heavy artillery?
I have to agree. The skills of presentation, particularly in the text area, have really deteriorated over the years.
I don’t hate Powerpoint but I do use it sparingly.
I second that. Tufte does a traveling one-day seminar that I attended a few years back, and he packed the hall.
He did a brisk business selling his wares to his nerd groupies, such as myself. He autographed my copy of Minard's graphic of Napoleon's losses during the Russian campaign of 1812.
Same goes for word, excel, and a lot of others. Too many people use these programs to compose documents that at first glance look sharp, but contain little real information. This is because most people get distracted by the formatting and neglect the writing. In most cases more information could be conveyed if people used just a text editor with a fixed width font and ascii graphics.
Excellent!
OK, that was funny.
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