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PowerPoint isn't the enemy. Poor use of PowerPoint is the problem. Bad presenters is the problem. People switching over to white boards won't make them better p
by killerdhmo 13y ago
PowerPoint isn't the enemy. Poor use of PowerPoint is the problem. Bad presenters is the problem. People switching over to white boards won't make them better presenters, now they'll be communicating poorly in a messy unshareable medium.
The solution isn't no PowerPoint. The solution is teach people how to communicate. How to present to both technical and nontechnical audience. How to write an executive summary / elevator pitch.
- kevincrane 13y agoAgreed. Now instead of people reading off of Powerpoint slides, they'll be talking into a whiteboard with their back to you, while you struggle to read their handwriting (and short of taking a picture of the whiteboard afterwards, you won't be able to review the notes).
- InclinedPlane 13y agoPowerPoint encourages and rewards a particular style of communication (the "pitch") which is unsuitable for most uses. It also actively discourages many more effective forms of communication. As such most of the time using it does degrade the quality of communication and not using it is an easy route to improving the quality of communication. That doesn't mean it's impossible to use powerpoint well. Hell, it's possible to write world class code in Perl. It's possible to build skyscrapers in a swamp. That doesn't mean you should force yourself to do so. It's always smarter to stack the odds in your favor as much as possible.
- ksk 13y agoPeople who are being presented to know when they are and aren't absorbing the material being presented. Its rather easy give your opinion on the cases where it doesn't work. It would be far more helpful if you had suggested specific alternatives..