So, for this past week, which I did not keep up with the blog entries, for the presentation, I have decided to doe one on the topic of powerpoint presentations. Dan McMillan, is a retired engineer/comedian who is renown for his famous "Life After Death by Powerpoint." The entire ten minute video is a mockery of regular human errors, or fallacies rather, when using PowerPoint.
For example, one problem that is ubiquitously seen with users is that much of the time, Spell Check is not used in reviewing the PowerPoint document before the presentation. McMillan specifically says: "People do not use Spel Cheek. Big Mistak!"
Secondly, which is quite humorous is that he goes into studying the types of fonts that people would use, and utilizes puns with each font. When talking about the font "Arial," Dan pulls the "Little Mermaid" pun. Then, when talking about "Times New Roman," he says that people who use the font, are apathetic, and plain. Ironically, his generalization is quite true. Even back in high school, all the English teachers, when a major paper was due, and it had to be typed, the font had to be "Times New Roman," and the size had to be twelve point font.
Finally, he talks about the use of Bullet Points, and humorous derives the meaning of that term bullet points. In summation, this comedian/ engineer shows the audience, what not to do in a funny manner, and the message seems to be more effectively carried.
Life after Death By PowerPoint
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