Title:	The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within, Second Edition
Categories:	Art & Design
BookID:	GD-AY-0012
Authors:	Edward R. Tufte
ISBN-10(13):	9780961392161
Publisher:	Graphics Press
Publication date:	2006
Edition:	2
Number of pages:	32
Language:	English
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Description:	Product Description In corporate and government bureaucracies, the standard method for making a presentation is to talk about a list of points organized onto slides projected up on the wall. For many years, overhead projectors lit up transparencies, and slide projectors showed high-resolution 35mm slides. Now "slideware" computer programs for presentations are nearly everywhere. Early in the 21st century, several hundred million copies of Microsoft PowerPoint were turning out trillions of slides each year. Alas, slideware often reduces the analytical quality of presentations. In particular, the popular PowerPoint templates (ready-made designs) usually weaken verbal and spatial reasoning, and almost always corrupt statistical analysis. What is the problem with PowerPoint? And how can we improve our presentations?