42. Why Use PowerPoint at All?
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
Considering the universal disapproval by critics, audiences, and even by presenters themselves, why would anyone use PowerPoint? The software—and its usage—have developed a universally negative reputation characterized by the common epithet, “Death by PowerPoint.”
After all, the memorable speeches of history did not use PowerPoint:
• Cicero’s orations in the Roman Forum
• Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
• Winston Churchill’s World War II rally to arms
• Martin Luther King’s Civil Rights speech
• John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address
• Ronald Reagan’s “Tear down this wall” Berlin speech
• Barack Obama’s “Cinderella” keynote
So why, indeed, would anyone use PowerPoint? The simple ...
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