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Worst Powerpoint Slides Ever
Topic Started: May 26 2011, 07:02 PM (757 Views)
George K
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kenny
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That's hilarious!!!

I'm so glad Bill Gates helped every stupid schmuck feel so important!
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i like the one with the bunny and the hot dog.
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Sh1t I think that IT Modernization Roadmap was mine.
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May 27 2011, 01:50 AM
Sh1t I think that IT Modernization Roadmap was mine.
:lol2: Jon - I was thinking I'd seen that somewhere before :) A couple of those look like they've come directly from presentations I've sat through.
Edited by Cathys, May 27 2011, 02:04 AM.
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Mikhailoh
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I am serious - I was working on a document that looked very much like that up at UM. All my attempts at simplification were rebuffed.
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The 89th Key
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I work in the graphics field....sometimes we get posters and brochures "for print" created in powerpoint. Sigh......
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Klaus
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I think simplicity rules when it comes to slides. I usually use just a white background, a single font, and use colors sparingly.
Here is a sample slide I used in a lecture I gave yesterday.
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Axtremus
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Very good, Klaus, I see potential for many fly-in, fade-in, and pulsing animation for some elements in your slide. :excited:
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Dewey
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Like you, Klaus, I like to keep things very simple - One font - maybe a second, but very rarely. No special effects, no sexy transitions. But I do like to use a muted color background, with white or close-to-white text, just for a contrast and brightness level that's a little easier on the eyes. The white/black can be too stark and harsh for my eyes, and lots of other people's too, sometimes.
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We have a P.Eng as project manager on a CIDA project in Latin America. His ppt slides are similarly incomprehensible as some these examples.
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I would be prefectly happy if I never see one again.
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John D'Oh
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I see plenty of horribly detailed ones - our Principal Engineer loves putting Federal government regulations on slides in minute detail, and however many times we humbly suggest that maybe people really aren't interested in paragraph 5, subjection 4.2.1 of Part 501 of the National Electrical Code, it stays right there, sending people to an early grave, or at least an early nap.

Much more offensive, in my opinion, are ones that marketing people do, featuring graphics of people shaking hands, or multi-ethnic groups punching the air etc.

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This type of thing should be declared a war-crime.
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John D'Oh
May 28 2011, 05:27 PM
I see plenty of horribly detailed ones - our Principal Engineer loves putting Federal government regulations on slides in minute detail, and however many times we humbly suggest that maybe people really aren't interested in paragraph 5, subjection 4.2.1 of Part 501 of the National Electrical Code, it stays right there, sending people to an early grave, or at least an early nap.

Much more offensive, in my opinion, are ones that marketing people do, featuring graphics of people shaking hands, or multi-ethnic groups punching the air etc.

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This type of thing should be declared a war-crime.
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I cite irreconcilable differences.
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