I think the problem has been the overuse of bullet points. I'm sure there are times when they are appropriate, such as when these slides listed what CRAP means

I think the problem has been the overuse of bullet points. I'm sure there are times when they are appropriate, such as when these slides listed what CRAP means, but in most cases I've seen, the information would have presented better with an alternative format. The last few presentations I myself have given tended to follow the Lessig style, so instead of bulleted lists, I've presented each item in its own slide. This allowed me to bring the audience's focus on the one thing I'm discussing at the moment, instead of wandering off into what the other items are/could be and how they relate to or contrast with each other. I read somewhere of the backlash against Powerpoint in the military, and the primary reason stated was the overuse of bulleted lists. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/world/27powerpoint.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/world/27powerpoint.html