Edward R. Tufte. In particular, the popular PowerPoint templates (ready-made designs) usually weaken verbal and spatial reasoning, and almost always corrupt statistical analysis. And how can we improve our presentations. Writing sentences forces presenters to be smarter.
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Source: Technical Communication, Volume 52, Number 1, February 2005, pp.
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In fact, it is estimated that over 30 million PowerPoint presentations are given each However, Edward Tufte argues that they reduce the analytical timbre of communication.
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Presentations are one of the most frequently used methods of communication in the modern workplace. For many years, overhead projectors lit up transparencies, and slide projectors showed high-resolution 35mm slides. Alas, slideware often reduces the analytical quality of presentations. 0000002461 00000 n
For many years, overhead projectors lit up transparencies, and slide projectors … This article first reviews three shortcomings in Tufte’s argument, then summarizes the booklet’s well-taken points, before offering guidelines for effective slides, no matter the tool. xref
The most intriguing include "Bullet outlines dilute thought" (which includes the case description of NASA and the Columbia Accident Investigation Board), "PowerPoint … The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching out Corrupts within. In his essay "The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint", Tufte criticizes many aspects of the software: Its use as a way to guide and reassure a presenter, rather than to enlighten the audience; Criticism of PowerPoint Tufte has criticized the way Microsoft PowerPoint is typically used. (p. 30) Preparing a technical report requires deeper intellectual work than simply compiling a list of bullets on slides. 103 19 0000001195 00000 n See search results for this author.
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… Żaklina Sochacka 3/20 Academic work 1968-1982 taught courses at Princeton University in political economy and data analysis. Early in the 21st century, several hundred million copies of Microsoft PowerPoint were turning out trillions of slides each year. 64. The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within. Graphics Press, 2006 - Computers - 31 pages.
%PDF-1.4 %���� 0000001554 00000 n I received my copy in the mail the other day and spent 20 minutes reading his amusing, but sound, research. The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Slides Are Not All Evil Jean-Luc Doumont Technical Communication; Feb 2005; 52, 1; Humanities Module pg. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. BibSonomy is offered by the KDE group of the University of Kassel, the DMIR group of the University of Würzburg, and the L3S Research Center, Germany.