Monday, May 08, 2006
The Number One PowerPoint Cliche in 2006
Just Google the phrase “Death by PowerPoint” – and you will be presented with 55,000 online pages that mention this term.
This means that “Death by PowerPoint” is now an undeniable cliché.
Push back against the PowerPoint pushback!
If you’re a responsible journalist, please find a more original headline for your PowerPoint-bashing article.
And if you must write about death and violence…please use the active voice. Stand-up comedians often say that their acts “killed” when they feel they really connected with their audiences.
So perhaps you could say, “This PowerPoint killed!” instead the passive “Death was committed by PowerPoint.”
But of course, that would be idiotic.
Poorly presented PowerPoint doesn’t kill…and neither do poor presenters.
Neither have that much power. ¶ 5/08/2006 02:13:00 PM
Just Google the phrase “Death by PowerPoint” – and you will be presented with 55,000 online pages that mention this term.
This means that “Death by PowerPoint” is now an undeniable cliché.
Push back against the PowerPoint pushback!
If you’re a responsible journalist, please find a more original headline for your PowerPoint-bashing article.
And if you must write about death and violence…please use the active voice. Stand-up comedians often say that their acts “killed” when they feel they really connected with their audiences.
So perhaps you could say, “This PowerPoint killed!” instead the passive “Death was committed by PowerPoint.”
But of course, that would be idiotic.
Poorly presented PowerPoint doesn’t kill…and neither do poor presenters.
Neither have that much power. ¶ 5/08/2006 02:13:00 PM
