On Monday 01 August 2011 12:04:57 James Bensley wrote:
don't ban and effective method of representing data during a talk?!
The problem is exactly that it is not a effective method of presenting data. The correct method is by papers with graphical attachments. The problem with presentations is that they are a very bad method of presenting either data or arguments.
Investment decisions at properly run companies are made on the basis of papers containing 5 pages of text and up to three pages of attachments, of which one must be a one page summary of financials.
Ban complicated excel models full of irrelevant detail and macros, ban endless presentations with a few words per page. Get back to papers with tight arguments. Argue over assumptions and scenarios.
I really think presentation mode decisions were a serious contributing factor to both the dot.com bust and the latest credit bubble and crash.
Peter