Re: it's been a while since we discussed the use of PowerPoint in meetings

Hector Santos <hsantos@isdg.net> Wed, 19 March 2014 22:36 UTC

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On 3/19/2014 5:38 PM, David Morris wrote:
>
> I'm not sure there is any point in asking folks in sales how they
> use Powerpoint. Powerpoint is a tool and it can be used or abused.
> Don't blame the messenger. Sales folks have information to convey
> and technical folks have information to convey. How it is organized
> can be good or bad whether there are no visual aids, are plastic slides
> or are powerpoint slides. The issue isn't powerpoint, it is the user
> of powerpoint.
>
> On Wed, 19 Mar 2014, Dale R. Worley wrote:
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>>> Actually, the article is not all one sided -- it does also discuss some
>>> times when they feel that PowerPoint *is* useful.
>>
>> The whole *point* of PowerPoint is not to educate, but rather to
>> *persuade*.  Its *goal* is to make the audience stupid and prevent
>> them from looking beneath the nicely-presented bullet points on the
>> slides.  If you don't believe me, talk to people involved in sales and
>> see how they use the word "powerful" -- it means "words that cause
>> people to act [in the way you want them to]".  PowerPoint -- to make a
>> powerful point.
>>
>> (OK, I've calmed down now...)
>>
>> Dale
>>
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HLS

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RE: it's been a while since we discussed the use … l.wood
Re: it's been a while since we discussed the use … Henning G Schulzrinne
Re: it's been a while since we discussed the use … Dale R. Worley
Re: it's been a while since we discussed the use … Phillip Hallam-Baker
Re: it's been a while since we discussed the use … David Morris
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RE: it's been a while since we discussed the use … l.wood
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