tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8111004075623905123.post5025215662581598748..comments2023-03-25T12:05:38.111+00:00Comments on L'enfer, c'est les autres: Power PointlessHRDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11380051386252077097noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8111004075623905123.post-32885904755082265092009-05-18T21:34:00.000+01:002009-05-18T21:34:00.000+01:00You obviously feel strongly about it. I suugest yo...You obviously feel strongly about it. I suugest you blog some more on this subject. You could do us a nice powerpoint on your lovely site. Mmmm. Think it would benefit it you know.Henry Berryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12319361240094939326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8111004075623905123.post-29193801868670519112009-05-18T19:15:00.000+01:002009-05-18T19:15:00.000+01:00@HR Good_Witch - I think sometimes its purely lazi...@HR Good_Witch - I think sometimes its purely laziness. Just knock up a quick Powerpoint. I guess if want people to understand a message we need to think about how they want it presented, not what is easiest for us.<br /><br />@Henry Berry -Never did I think anyone would be an apologist for the "It looks like you're doing a presentation" paperclip! The program is absolutely flawed, its hard to anything innovative with it, but easy to add a beanie. That makes it bad and evil and naughty in my book.<br /><br />@Anonymous - I used Analysis Paralysis with the CEO the other day....not the act, but the phrase. They'd never heard it before....doh. As for supporting Monsieur Berry....if a smelly old sneaker has a bunch of flowers in it....doesn't it remain just a smelly old sneaker?<br /><br />@Puff - Ouch...and I thought auto-fellatio was pushing the envelope...(did I really just say "pushing the envelope")HRDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11380051386252077097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8111004075623905123.post-9029823018043827332009-05-18T17:15:00.000+01:002009-05-18T17:15:00.000+01:00Powerpoint is the crutch of HR people. Too many f...Powerpoint is the crutch of HR people. Too many feel a presentation equals validity. I equate them to having piano wires pulled through my skull.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8111004075623905123.post-88426009733841499682009-05-18T13:27:00.000+01:002009-05-18T13:27:00.000+01:00We call it Death by PowerPoint, as more often than...We call it Death by PowerPoint, as more often than not it's the end result of that other demon, Analysis Paralysis. <br /><br />That said, I agree with Henry Berry - PowerPoint can be done in such a way that it is succint, relevant, and a catalyst for change. It's hard finding that DaVinci that can pull it off, though. Forest for the trees and all that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8111004075623905123.post-60175891516628780102009-05-18T10:06:00.000+01:002009-05-18T10:06:00.000+01:00You would be interested in "Beautiful Evidence" by...You would be interested in "Beautiful Evidence" by Edward Tufte. A manifesto for the creative opportunity opened by Powerpoint. The problem isn't the programme but the limited imaginative time and thought that people put into its use. Granted that, on a very structuralist level, there are heirarchy assumptions within the programme. But combined with the almost infinite image possibilities of the internet, powerpoint can be astonishing, ravishing, surprising, poetic. It just takes thought.Henry Berryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12319361240094939326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8111004075623905123.post-25122666075973379392009-05-16T23:32:00.000+01:002009-05-16T23:32:00.000+01:00Yes.
It's amazing isn't it, how we just keep on d...Yes.<br /><br />It's amazing isn't it, how we just keep on doin' it! (Power Point, I mean. Not the auto-fellating part....)<br /><br />The best presentations skills course I've ever seen banned the use of Power Point.HR Good_Witchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15096887846281219563noreply@blogger.com