The challenger could have been saved if there had been cute animals in the powerpoint? I'm pretty sure I'm not buying that.
----- Reply message ----- From: "Josh Berry" <tae...@gmail.com> Date: Thu, Jul 5, 2012 9:22 am Subject: [The Java Posse] Re: Animals in talks To: <javaposse@googlegroups.com> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Jon Kiparsky <jon.kipar...@gmail.com> wrote: > this, they're often right. Unless the picture is relevant, leave it out. In > fact, you can generally improve a presentation by orders of magnitude by > getting rid of the powerpoint and just saying what you have to say. > Eliminating distraction helps both you and the audience focus on your talk. > Same thing with jokes - I can assure you, no matter who you are, that comedy > is a lot harder than you think it is, and you're not as good at it as you > think you are. If you have something to say, say it. If it's worth saying, > that's all you need. I don't know. I find the tension between "just say it" and "comedy is harder than you think" interesting. Not to mention the falsity of your statement. Consider, the engineers "simply said" that the Challenger was likely to have problems. I have no argument against Tufte when he says that Powerpoint is horrible. My gripe is this idea that public speaking doesn't have an art to it. If you want to be able to convincingly tell people things, you will have to practice. There is an art to the practice. This is no different than public discourse on the internet, and it doesn't take much searching (specifically my posts) to find that not everyone is effective at it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
