PowerPoint encourages and rewards a particular style of communication (the "pitch") which is unsuitable for most uses. It also actively discourages many more ef

PowerPoint 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.