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Re: PowerPoint considered harmful (was Re: Barely literate minutes)

Randall Gellens <randy@qti.qualcomm.com> Sun, 02 December 2012 07:33 UTC

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Subject: Re: PowerPoint considered harmful (was Re: Barely literate minutes)
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At 3:19 PM +0900 12/2/12, Randy Bush wrote:

>    o if someone wants to float a new idea worth describing, then give
>      them five or ten minutes on the agenda to ask others for input,
>      no preso/ppt.

Seeing something visual can help people grasp what someone is saying.

>  Power corrupts; Powerpoint corrupts absolutely.  -- Vint Cerf

I love that quote of Vint's; it's been in my random sig tag file for *years*

-- 
Randall Gellens
Opinions are personal;    facts are suspect;    I speak for myself only
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A "gaffe" occurs not when a politician lies, but when he tells
the truth.
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