Is PowerPoint an aid or a crutch?
"Death by Powerpoint" is a common problem at Microsoft. Most people think that-because they have made slides--that they have an effective presentation.
WRONG.
Some more food for thought in the anti-bad Powerpoint/Presentation jihad (is it non-pc to use that word)...
My favorite quote:
After the hour talk was over I realized that the presentation was a miracle of sorts:
Until that day I didn’t think it was possible to actually listen to someone make a PowerPoint presentation in my native language of English and for me to genuinely not understand a single point that was made. Not one. Nada.
I understood the individual words, the pronunciation and diction were perfect, but between ubiquitous acronyms — and the darting laser pointer used to underline those acronyms — bulleted lists, and colourfully decorated charts and diagrams, after it was all said and done, I realized that I hadn’t comprehended a single idea.
I wanted my hour back.
