If you’re looking for a new non-fiction book to read, without reading it myself, I would recommend: The No A—— Rule, by Robert I. Sutton.
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back in 1987, a company called Forethought released version 1.0 of an application called PowerPoint. later that year, an outfit called Microsoft (you may have heard of them) purchased Forethought and, eventually, began including PowerPoint in its Office software bundle. while i can only speak to experience in my current and previous employers, i believe it’s safe to assume that PowerPoint has become the standard tool for giving presentations in most organizations.

to me, the point of using visual aids during any type of presentation is to underscore the message you are delivering. to use a tasty analogy, it’s the sour cream on your nacho chip; it builds upon the foundation you’ve set, adding flair to help the consumer believe and remember your point. sour cream alone does not define a nacho chip; the former enhances the latter. similarly, one should not rely on the presentation slide alone to make your point– it should just underscore it.

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