>With the method this conference requires, it's always revision A While I was about to type "bullshit", think that's a little strong. Slides were long ridicul

>With the method this conference requires, it's always revision A While I was about to type "bullshit", think that's a little strong. Slides were long ridiculed as an ineffective form of presentation before they were accepted across corporate America. As someone who's presented in academic situations before with nothing more than a white board or chalkboard, you can use the same presentation again without slides. You can refine jokes, explanations, etc, and give "the same talk", and never involve a slide. Many lawyers actually are famous for doing that sort of thing in legal circles. Sure, you can't put as much information on the screen, but in general, powerpoint presentations have way too much. One of the strengths though of not allowing prepared slides: It's damn hard to do a presentation if you don't know the materials. So even if they want to send the marketing guy, he's gotta know his stuff.