Monday, March 15, 2010
evil powerpoints
i completely agree with Tufte. there is nothing i hate more then a power point presentation i can barely keep my self awake during on let alone retain all the information from a glowing picture with a corny picture and a small paragraph i'm supposed to read. oh i thought you were giving a presentation maybe you should be doing more of the work then me. i believe that using power points could be a good way to get information across for like big companies that don't have time to sit through someone explaining themselves and just want people to simply get to the point. it is good for people who just want to make money and be reassured by a bar graph that they will in fact make money if they follow whoever is making this crappy power point. I also believe that people watching could easily get very confused if they miss one slide. making this very uninteresting presentation also dangerous to inform people with.
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In that aspect, I can agree with you on it.
ReplyDeleteBut on the other hand, you would more prefer to read like PARAGRAPHS on a slide??
The purpose of it, is to give you the gist of the idea of what the topic's about, and to hear the speaker explain it. It's pretty much bullets to the reader: gives him a guideline, helps him/her not get lost along the way as the speaker talks.
I don't mind it personally, because otherwise, hearing some guy 'blabbing it out' the whole way gets me more tired/lost than reading a slide.
I take your point, Joe, but in the wrong hands, Power Point can be frustrating for some of the very reasons Brandon mentioned.
ReplyDeleteUltimately, as we mentioned in class, it seems to depend on WHO gives the presentation and HOW Power Point is being employed.