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Originally Posted by widgeon13
There are many tools used in business today, some better than others. Many of the "tools" use Power Point.
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The reality is that most people are not particularly visually literate wrt "writing" for a screen. Some realize this, but most do not.
Creating and giving a good presentation is an art and also a skill. Most don't want to learn how to do it, and certainly don't want to work at getting better. Blaming ppt for bad presentation is like blaming someone who makes canvases for bad paintings that result.
That said I use Keynote as it handles text better, and has more interesting animation capabilities. I also have fairly strict rules about the amount of text I use and how I employ it. I tend to have decks that are mostly images and video, and they have little meaning when I'm not talking over them, Then again, that is the point of a visual medium - to make the points you can't with your voice.
Making a standalone deck (ie decontextualized from the talk) is a whole 'nother ballgame...