Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Issue # 3
I am very familiar with this particular issue, having served several years in the military. PowerPoint was considered a necessary skill for anyone in a senior position. It was so ingrained into the military culture that if you presented training or a briefing without a PowerPoint presentation, you were being lazy and had not done your job properly. In chapter 4 of our textbook, the idea of effective sentences and paragraphs is discussed. One disadvantage of PowerPoint is that it drives the creator towards undeveloped bullet points that may leave out a lot of information. While this may be fine for a simple message, it does not seem to be the best way to keep our military leadership informed about two simultaneous wars.
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In the article, elisabeth bumiller assessed that power points are less informative and in critical situations such as briefings on strategies of the war, it gives the illusion of information, but that it could cause misunderstandings because it is a lack of sufficient information. In past experiences using power points, they are a good form of getting a point across if other, more detailed information is given. For example, if giving a presentation that included charts or graphics, adding a power point would help aid in that presentation. Power points should be used as an outline or for maps or charts that may be needed in a presentation, they should not be used solely for the purpose of getting the information to the audience.
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