Mopsos

Gary Lawrence Murphy at Teledyn made me laugh by proposing "a new item in the cultural lexicon, the active verb "to powerpoint" with the meaning:

1. to obscure and distract away from following a logical presentation;
2. dumbing down complex data until it appears like a sales pitch, as for example, when gathering support for an ill-advised war effort ..."

There is some truth here. Powerpoints are for salespeople, in the broad sense of the word, i.e. for people who expect the audience to comply, not to commit.

hi Martin, a very eccentric consultant i know worked for years with AMP and told me that their board banned the use of Powerpoint for presentations on the grounds that 'it created Powerpoint World which bears no relation to reality'. i can't help agreeing with this sentiment.

john

Posted by: john at January 23, 2004 05:12 AM

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