Death by Powerpoint. - Democratic Underground

Squatch

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Wed Nov-09-05 12:20 PM
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Death by Powerpoint.

My entire professional life revolves around the mighty ppt.

I give at least one presentation a day via powerpoint. It's an absolute wonder that I can actually get any work done, seeing as how assembling a multimedia presentation takes days.

Effects on my creative writing style:

I write everything in bullet-list format
Lots of fragmented sentences
Need to apply a background to everything I write

Powerpoint is used damn near exclusively for each and every meeting I attend. It has effectively destroyed collaborative brainstorming.

Any ppt horror stories out there?

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graywarrior

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Wed Nov-09-05 12:23 PM
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1. I get lost in the little things. 4 hours later, I'm still perfecting

fade in or outs or whatever. Forget adding sound. Working on Powerpoint turns me into a social misfit. Oh wait, I don't need Powerpoint as an excuse for that.

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northzax

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Wed Nov-09-05 12:27 PM
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2. did you know one of the reccomendations

from the committee that investigated the Columbia accident? abolish the use of powerpoint. apparently, all the information was on a powerpoint slide, but the engineers were putting so much on them that it was not useful.

when I use the evil software I have two simple rules: no more than ten words on a screen, and two slides with images or graphs for every one with text.

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seaglass

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Wed Nov-09-05 12:34 PM
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4. Yep. When I used it at work it was a no-no to put in sound or

flashy animations. The ppt was used to support the verbal presentation, not to distract the audience.

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seaglass

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Wed Nov-09-05 12:32 PM
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3. I'm taking an online class and no one in my group knows how

to use powerpoint or even has it. I didn't realize this at the time I volunteered to do it.

The presentation was supposed to be 5-8 slides.

So, the members of my group sent me ESSAYS to put in the presentation. Stupid me spent HOURS going through reams of info to try to pull out a title and a few bullet points. (and the info was court cases supporting the 4th amendment which I found very tedious to read)

It was hell.

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Squatch

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Wed Nov-09-05 12:37 PM
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6. I feel you.

I am trying to distill an extremely detailed engineering test process to about 10 slides. Ugh. I've been working this presentation for 2 weeks and it'll be over in about 20 minutes.

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LisaLynne

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Wed Nov-09-05 12:36 PM
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5. Ever see the Dilbert strip?

They're in a meeting with someone giving a Powerpoint presentation when suddenly, Wally falls over, screaming and holding his hands over his eyes. "Powerpoint Poisoning."

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