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RoswellGAHokie
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PowerPoint is a corporate killer. Consummate time waster. I’ve been on a

project that has spent about 15-20 hours creating a PPT for a 15 minute presentation. What are the opportunity costs? What blocking and tackling is not getting done because we’re thinking about the best smart graphic to use on a slide? Ban it.
Posted: 02/08/2024 at 09:26 PM ET

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PowerPoint is a corporate killer. Consummate time waster. I’ve been on a ◄
RoswellGAHokie • 02/08/24 09:26 PM ET
Self Help Singh will set you straight
6GHokie • 02/09/24 04:56 PM ET
That's all we seem to work on. Work here is just going from deck to deck
ElbertoHokie • 02/09/24 02:43 PM ET
you should hire McKinsey
MrBayAreaHokie • 02/09/24 12:15 PM ET
And the last slide will be a long list of who to fire and outsource jobs to**
Dan1993 • 02/09/24 01:52 PM ET
Consultants are another entity I’d like to ban, but one thing at a time.
RoswellGAHokie • 02/09/24 01:04 PM ET
I see a lot of that at my job. Worse, actually. For a big proposal
Late 80s Hokie • 02/09/24 09:11 AM ET
there's a graph for that **
bigbadbird • 02/09/24 08:01 AM ET
Bezos banned it at Amazon
Vienna_Hokie • 02/09/24 07:47 AM ET
I think President Nixon
mancunian • 02/09/24 09:23 AM ET
PPT should be a tool for the meeting, not the focus of the meeting
turkeywinghokie • 02/09/24 07:38 AM ET
Good for you! When I worked, I constantly fought to cut the number of ->
HOKIERIT • 02/09/24 08:00 PM ET
I was kicking around creating a PowerPoint Engineer Cert program
Happy Dog • 02/09/24 07:31 AM ET
Close on messag(es). Does it stand alone? Move on. Chart owner weak?**
ColoVT82 • 02/09/24 07:02 AM ET
…nice deck
chumley • 02/08/24 10:07 PM ET