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Re: Power Point Poisoning: The medium is not the toxin

Wow, I just attended a Power Point presentation on rock gardens last night. 
This subject was very timely.

Except, I don't know if I would have been as bothered (as much) by his 
reading of text if I hadn't read this thread...(:>)

He had lots of personality and spirit...and most slides were photos...but, 
at the beginning I said to myself, "Oh no, this is exactly what everyone was 
talking about!"

For a newbie like me, I guess I have more patience. It wasn't bad...and he 
was a sweet (although nervous) guy.

It takes time and a lot of presentations to flow like you pros do...!

Just my 2 cents...

Sandie Parrott

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <FRIELSTER@aol.com>
To: <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 10:33 PM
Subject: [GWL] Power Point Poisoning: The medium is not the toxin


>
> Don't blame the new technology. Computers didn't create this syndrome, 
> they
> just facilitate it. In the days before Power Point, people also used 
> overhead
> projectors -- and then read the projected text to the audience.
> I've seen some world-class plantsfolk do this, mainly because English was
> their second -- distant second -- language. That, I can excuse. But when 
> speaker
> and audience are fluent in the mother tongue, what's the point? Isn't it 
> an
> insult to your audience to plaster up a billboard, and then tell them what 
> it
> says?
>
> In a message dated 3/2/2009 9:30:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> szerlag@earthlink.net writes:
>
> In the  days before power point, folks used index cards. When I saw
> them in  hand I knew I was in trouble.
> Nancy Szerlag
> On Mar 2, 2009, at 8:50 PM,  Dan Clost wrote:
>
>> Too chicken to tell them straight out?
>>  Dan
>
>
>
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