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Re: The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint

• To: Bob Foster <bob@o...>
• Subject: Re: The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint
• From: "Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@b...>
• Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 08:55:28 -0500
• Cc: Tim Bray <tbray@t...>, Jonathan Robie <jonathan.robie@d...>, jcowan@r..., xml-dev@l...
• Organization: Booz Allen Hamilton
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<Quote>
That sounds right. The best speakers I have seen use slides like singers 
use pianos; they don't play the melody.
</Quote>

Interestingly enough, the firm I work for (Booz Allen Hamilton) has its
own "PowerPoint culture" which deviates from what I consider to be the
norm. All presentations are expected to have headings that are complete
sentences so that they read like a "storyboard" - so for instance,
instead of having a heading such as "Benefits of XML", we are expected
to have "The benefits of XML are numerous, and...blah blah blah".
Additionally, the body of the slides are expected to come as close as
possible to standing on their own, so that one can understand all of the
points even if they view the slides without the speaker supporting them.

I must confess that after 14 months here, I'm just now getting used to
this style.

Kind Regards,
Joe Chiusano
Booz | Allen | Hamilton
Strategy and Technology Consultants to the World

Bob Foster wrote:
> 
> Tim Bray wrote:
> > On Dec 15, 2003, at 11:10 AM, Jonathan Robie wrote:
> >
> >>> So my slides now have a lot more pictures; in fact if I can't
> >>> illustrate something I usually won't make a slide for it.  I believe
> >>> this has two effects: (a) the presentations are more entertaining.
> >>> (b) the slides are less useful as collateral to distribute later. -Tim
> >>
> >>
> >> Hmmm....so your best slides are based on pictures whose structure is
> >> not captured by the markup.
> >
> >
> > Absolutely.  I am abandoning the pretense that the slide deck captures
> > the *content* of my presentation.  The slides are a visual aid, that's all.
> 
> That sounds right. The best speakers I have seen use slides like singers
> use pianos; they don't play the melody.
> 
> Bob Foster
> http://www.xmlbuddy.com/
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