> Even if you did ban PowerPoint, people would just find a way to do PP-like things with something else. For example, MS Word, with the page down key (although

> Even if you did ban PowerPoint, people would just find a way to do PP-like things with something else. For example, MS Word, with the page down key (although then the transition animations go away, so that is a minor victory). This is exactly what is to be banned. PowerPoint, Word, Impress, old school slides, blah, blah, blah. You aren't getting around a PowerPoint ban, you are defying it. Which is part of the point, it better be dam good if you are defying the rule. It's interesting that they give the thumbs up to Prezi though. I tend to think good talkers do things well, crap talkers do things badly. Banning their boring slides won't stop their boring talk. At least slides can be designed and checked by someone good with a lot of time before the talk. Correlation, not causation.