Trick or Treat? Death by Powerpoint…. « Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media Studies

Trick or Treat? Death by Powerpoint….

Author: Robert Howard | Posted: Oct 31 2011 10:09 am | Follow |
Categories: Critical Perspectives

I wanted to have some fun at work and in my class, so here’s my ode to bad meetings!

The Grim PPTer

And here’s what is says on my scythe and the handouts. Today I have a meeting with our IT Strategic Advisory council, which includes our Provost, CFO, other VPs and several deans. Funny thing is that I bet there will be at least 3 PowerPoint slide decks used. Hope they don’t make any Death by PowerPoint mistakes, because I’ll be there to get them if they do! mwuahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Happy Halloween! Let me know if I missed any PowerPoint or other presentation travesties!

We've all seen these or done these at one point!

If you enjoyed this, check out measitrelatestoyou.wordpress.com where I will be adding more content regularly.
Thanks, Robert

Tags: Bad meetings, Death by PowerPoint, Presentation Skills

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