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.
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Another example of complaining about PowerPoint because it’s PowerPoint?
I can see the advantages of PowerPoint use in government – indeed many of my clients are local politcos – but it’s got to be done *right*! Otherwise you end up with the kind of sloppy presentations which may have lead to the Shuttle disaster.
Simon