tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post2128088055838123277..comments2023-12-10T16:30:24.965+00:00Comments on Max Atkinson's Blog: The cost of PowerPoint presentations wastes the UK economy even more than I thoughtMax Atkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06163447049027217653noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post-31893575627675136932012-02-25T17:17:57.055+00:002012-02-25T17:17:57.055+00:00@Alan
It's not the medium it's the conten...@Alan<br /><br />It's not the medium it's the content. It's possible to do great stuff with PowerPoint (google Nancy Duarte for just one example of someone who knows how a slide deck can be used).<br /><br />However, it is easier to churn out dross (with PowerPoint especially so, but with every presentation software to some degree) than it is to communicate something valuable.<br /><br />It's also a cultural thing. Managers expect slides full of bullets, even if in the same breath they tell you how much they hate them. I wanted to present using a whiteboard for one meeting, because to my mind it was a better way to show how an idea built up from a central theme. I was told that if I didn't bring slides it would look like I hadn't prepared. (If my well-rehearsed whiteboard pitch had gone seamlessly, it wouldn't have occurred to anyone that preparation had played a part.) Face, as I believe the youngsters would have it, palm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post-19927180100923943542010-11-08T10:58:11.893+00:002010-11-08T10:58:11.893+00:00What do you think of 'RSA Animate' as a me...What do you think of 'RSA Animate' as a medium for presentation? <br /><br />If the two key communications tasks in standard Powerpoint presentations are spoken summary and a record of written detail, it strikes me that RSA Animate may not be suitable for recording written detail but may be a great way to enhance verbal summary. And on that basis it could be a useful accompaniment to speeches more generally too (although I'd be interested to know how much you would agree with that?)<br /><br />I'm disregarding the practicality or cost of hiring an animator for every presentation that needs to be created, but at least RSA Animate does show how much better visual support for a verbal summary or speech can be than is normally possible when using Powerpoint.<br /><br />Here are some examples: http://comment.rsablogs.org.uk/videos/Alan Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03192357587582549014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post-41734469141999697972010-11-05T19:57:30.958+00:002010-11-05T19:57:30.958+00:00No. Looks like he's got a rather better head o...No. Looks like he's got a rather better head of hair than me!Max Atkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06163447049027217653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post-43368726067822185112010-11-05T16:34:18.232+00:002010-11-05T16:34:18.232+00:00Is the slumberer you? DSAIs the slumberer you? DSAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com