[Novalug] Presentation over Power Point?
Nick Danger
nick@hackermonkey.com
Sun May 1 12:10:22 EDT 2011
On 04/30/2011 10:23 PM, cmhowe@patriot.net wrote:
> He has a low opinion of Power Point.
So do I. But mostly it has to do with the issue of "if I have nothing to
say, I can do it in 25 slides". Real content gets reduced to almost
nothing. What I think PP (and oo and various other presentation
programs) should be used for is like an outline, a guide to keep
audience and presenter on track. Instead its used almost exclusively as
the training tool, and the presenter is reduced to a talking head,
almost (or in some cases, completely) unnecessary.
I just finished making 4 presentations in Open Office, and while I
wouldn't say its better or worse then Power Point, it is the same beast.
Personally I found it suitable and will use it instead of PPT, but I
can't really say its better or worse. It did the job. After finishing
the work I presented it to my boss and he was not happy. "This doesn't
explain anything", he said. I thought that was my job as the presenter,
not the slides job. He wants all the people that are going to skip my
lecture to just get the slides and not have to hear me. Not sure why I
am even travelling then, it would be cheaper just to leave me home and
email the slides around.
Another complaint? The local school system now assigns the students to
make "power point" presentations instead of writing book reports.
Admittedly, a lower grade (3rd) book report is usually not a masterpiece
of writing, but it taught you structure. Now they are learning to make
pretty distractions. "I didn't really read the book.. OOO A SPINNING GIF!"
Nick
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