Tuesday, December 15, 2009
PowerPoint Deaths Climb in 2009: But at Slower Rate
Every year, I Google the phrase "Death by PowerPoint" (without quotes).
Exactly one year ago today, this "Death by PowerPoint" inquiry yielded 366,000 search results - over 4 times as many results as 2007.
Today, if you Google "Death by PowerPoint", you'll see 980,000 results -- only about 2.7 times as much as 2008. The year-to-year death rate appears to be dropping.
The PowerPoint death rate keeps climbing -- but at a much slower pace than 2007-2008.
Why do you reckon the rate of death mentions is slowing? With more people participating in social media channels, the opportunity to mention this oft-parroted phrase is increasing. Could it be that the phrase itself is becoming passe?
Yet why are overall mentions still increasing? Almost a million search returns - goodness! What will 2010 yield? And what will finally put an end to the carnage? :)
Every year, I Google the phrase "Death by PowerPoint" (without quotes).
Exactly one year ago today, this "Death by PowerPoint" inquiry yielded 366,000 search results - over 4 times as many results as 2007.
Today, if you Google "Death by PowerPoint", you'll see 980,000 results -- only about 2.7 times as much as 2008. The year-to-year death rate appears to be dropping.
The PowerPoint death rate keeps climbing -- but at a much slower pace than 2007-2008.Why do you reckon the rate of death mentions is slowing? With more people participating in social media channels, the opportunity to mention this oft-parroted phrase is increasing. Could it be that the phrase itself is becoming passe?
Yet why are overall mentions still increasing? Almost a million search returns - goodness! What will 2010 yield? And what will finally put an end to the carnage? :)
Labels: design, fun, PowerPoint Presentation
¶ 12/15/2009 01:55:00 PM
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Laura,
I'm guilty of a few mentions, having started a Campaign Against Death by PowerPoint!
Ellen
www.tellnshow.com
I'm guilty of a few mentions, having started a Campaign Against Death by PowerPoint!
Ellen
www.tellnshow.com
Hmmm interesting post for sure.
I guess the internet is expanding all the time, blogs are set up every second and people like Duarte and Presentation Zen have popularised the area of presentation design.
I reckon if we were to look at the mention of death by powerpoint vs the number of overall webpages on any topic the ratio probably hasn't increased all that much.
The problems however remain broadly the same, people making crappy presentations are still doing it, but I think the times are changing a little... somehting to keep an eye on anyway!
I guess the internet is expanding all the time, blogs are set up every second and people like Duarte and Presentation Zen have popularised the area of presentation design.
I reckon if we were to look at the mention of death by powerpoint vs the number of overall webpages on any topic the ratio probably hasn't increased all that much.
The problems however remain broadly the same, people making crappy presentations are still doing it, but I think the times are changing a little... somehting to keep an eye on anyway!
Good day!
I don’t agree to this "Death of PowerPoint" thing.. For me it is one of the most effective way of presenting a topic whether in office, in school, in public or anywhere else..
Yes, using PowerPoint presentation is easy but, it is also very effective and educative for the audience because of the visuals that they see in the presentation..
Yes, it is very simple yet very helpful to the speaker especially if its his/her first time to present..
Maybe the reason why some people find it boring is because some speakers don’t use nice power point templates. They should use design templates that is appropriate for their presentations and at the same time they should use what their audience want to see.. There are many new and cool designs of ppt template in the web that is very pleasing to eyes of the people..
To some it up, just make an interesting presentation for your audience using cool designs..
Thanks!
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I don’t agree to this "Death of PowerPoint" thing.. For me it is one of the most effective way of presenting a topic whether in office, in school, in public or anywhere else..
Yes, using PowerPoint presentation is easy but, it is also very effective and educative for the audience because of the visuals that they see in the presentation..
Yes, it is very simple yet very helpful to the speaker especially if its his/her first time to present..
Maybe the reason why some people find it boring is because some speakers don’t use nice power point templates. They should use design templates that is appropriate for their presentations and at the same time they should use what their audience want to see.. There are many new and cool designs of ppt template in the web that is very pleasing to eyes of the people..
To some it up, just make an interesting presentation for your audience using cool designs..
Thanks!
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