PowerPoint Causes Parliamentarian Row in Britain


PowerPoint Causes Parliamentarian Row in Britain

Created: Wednesday, July 5, 2006 posted by at 1:47 am

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To some they’re an invaluable way of getting your point across, to others they’re the greatest menace ever to hit the business meeting. Now PowerPoint presentations have sparked a bitter row among AMs after some called for them to be banned in Cardiff Bay. Liberal Democrat AM Mick Bates became the first parliamentarian in Britain to use the computer-based slides software last week, when he deployed it in a plenary debate on supermarkets.

Parliamentarian Row in Britain

Parliamentarian Row in Britain
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