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Powerpoint cannot completely make your presentation. Nor can it completely break it either.

After reading Tufte’s article, and the discussion thread which followed, this statement basically sums up what I found to be the most important point. Obvious, but important. As a speaker, powerpoint can really supplement your talk. It can keep the audience engaged and interested and provide a great way to highlight your main points. However, it could also really detract from what you are saying as well. You can’t rely on powerpoint to do the work for you. Your speech must be able to stand alone as well.

I guess what I took from this article is that we should appriciate the value of what can be done with powerpoint, but not slack off on the information that is being presented. It relates to the idea of technology and website design: flashy graphics are great but don’t neglect the substance/text.

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