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Inc.com: PowerPoint is least effective alternative
Powerpoint is least effective alternative
Actually, the research is clear. If happiness is measured by what they understand and retain, the audience will be happier if there are no slides.
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Forbes: Stop using PowerPoint
Beautiful slides are a waste of time
Citing a study at Harvard, the author points out that in a business scenario, PowerPoint was rated as no better than verbal presentations with no visual aids.
The author says that research found “a more engaging and enjoyable experience for an audience with an oral presentation’s total lack of visual aids.”
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Article explores whether slides are powerful or pointless
PowerPoint: Powerful or pointless?
His biggest complaint is that the slides should complement what the speaker is saying, but often there is one thing on the screen while the speaker is saying something else.
He also makes a point that has long seemed obvious to me. Why would someone bother attending the presentation when they can read the PowerPoint deck and stay home?
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Article says beautiful slides a waste of time
Beautiful slides a waste of time
In his opinion, spending “days and days doing up a colourful slides with funky animation or photoshopped images” is not an optimal use of time.
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Article explores banning PowerPoint in lectures
Let's ban PowerPoint in lectures
And, based on my conversations with students and professors, moving bad PowerPoint lectures from the room to via Zoom has just made things worse, not better.
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