Stumble It!
Powerpoint = Fail.
Spouse has taken some gentle ribbing at work recently about his Powerpoint skills.
Why, I asked, was this an issue? He illustrated with the materials at hand a standard Spouse ™ presentation. Thought you might enjoy.
If enjoy is the right word.
Now that's a lot of text all scrunched up. And that graphic is kind of hell. And you know he's just reading from it while he gets comfortable with the group. But so far this is survivable. Even our primary house feline is showing signs of interest. So let's see what comes next.
I guess they didn't teach the art of the presentation at Moscow State. It'd be different if I wasn't sure that he spent 15 minutes yammering on about vectors and algorithms while this slide was up. You can just see people pulling out their Blackberries and Tweeting "for the love of God, get me out of here!" The cat is in the other room watching dust.
He means well, and he's genuinely trying to share information. How can you fault a guy for having a lot of information to share? And for wanting to credit his sources. These are good features, really, and he's a very smart guy. That's why he's presenting in the first place. On the other hand, that's a lot of bullets just dribbling off of the end of the page.
Astonishingly, the powers that be decided that his time and talent are best spent on other pursuits.
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May 13th, 2009 at 3:59 am
If the devil truly lies in the details, then he is the supreme commander of hell’s legions. One of my favorite “wtf?” images from the world of business communication is the plain circle on a pristine white background that is rendered twice in the film “The Hudsucker Proxy” as the next great idea. I always considered that image to be the ultimate in understatement and the antithesis of most of the chart-laden, numeric GIGO that I encounter. Too bad I can’t use the same image at work (it looks like a zero and that scares most CFOs).
May 13th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
I envy M — wish people would allow me to escape the mind-numbing world of ppt. I also enjoyed M’s use of cushion and remote controls as the template. This shows an honest try at brand compliance. As you can see, I don’t pay attention to what’s in the bullet points anyway.
May 13th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Is he available to help me prepare my next presentation? Does he work with M&Ms? Or Reese’s peanut butter cups?
May 13th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
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