{"id":5113,"date":"2021-03-19T10:10:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T14:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/more.cartooncollections.com\/?p=5113"},"modified":"2025-03-19T07:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T11:46:07","slug":"how-to-avoid-death-by-powerpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/how-to-avoid-death-by-powerpoint\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Avoid Death by Powerpoint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While &#8220;Death by PowerPoint&#8221; is, as far as I know, apocryphal, as a metaphor, it must have more than a grain of truth in it, or this cartoon wouldn&#8217;t still be funny.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartooncollections.com\/cartoon?searchID=CC68259\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4356\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/CC68259_hi.jpg\" alt=\"How to use cartoons\" width=\"500\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/CC68259_hi.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/CC68259_hi-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/CC68259_hi-768x518.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"smfont\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartooncollections.com\/cartoon?searchID=CC68259\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BUY THIS CARTOON<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I say still because the cartoon was done by Alex Gregory back in 2003 when PowerPoint had already been in use for 16 years.<\/p>\n<p>The metaphor and Gregory&#8217;s cartoon nicely sum up our love-hate (or sometimes hate-hate) relationship with this much used, but not always loved, <span class=\"___SText_90cy7_gg_\" data-ui-name=\"Tag.Text\">presentation software<\/span>. However, the problem is not with the program but with us.<\/p>\n<p>Well, maybe both.<\/p>\n<p>PowerPoint offers an embarrassment of riches in terms of fonts, colors, and shapes with which we can embarrass ourselves and torment our audience.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5116\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/screen1.jpg\" alt=\"Death by Powerpoint\" width=\"500\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/screen1.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/screen1-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/screen1-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/screen1-768x570.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Admittedly, I&#8217;ve picked a pretty horrendous example.<\/p>\n<p>But even without clashing colors and font mania, virtually all the information in a typical-looking <span class=\"___SText_90cy7_gg_\" data-ui-name=\"Tag.Text\">PowerPoint presentation<\/span> slide will be forgotten quickly.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5115\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/screen2.jpg\" alt=\"Death by Powerpoint\" width=\"500\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/screen2.jpg 1045w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/screen2-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/screen2-1024x532.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/screen2-768x399.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How quickly? Close your eyes and count to thirty.<\/p>\n<p>Now tell me what you can remember from the slide. Hey, no peeking!<\/p>\n<p>Studies show that 90% of what you saw will be gone in 30 seconds. But you don&#8217;t need a study to tell you how bad your short-term memory is. I just showed you.<\/p>\n<p>The fact is that our short-term memories are really short and, by the time you get to my age, are usually shot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartooncollections.com\/cartoon?searchID=CC22852\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4358\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/CC22852_hi.jpg\" alt=\"How to use cartoons\" width=\"500\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/CC22852_hi.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/CC22852_hi-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/CC22852_hi-768x609.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"smfont\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartooncollections.com\/cartoon?searchID=CC22852\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BUY THIS CARTOON<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A related concept called our &#8220;working memory&#8221; \u2013 roughly how much information we can hold in our minds temporarily to reason and guide decision-making \u2013 is also quite limited. There&#8217;s a puzzle game called &#8220;Spelling Bee&#8221; in The New York Times that illustrates this.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5114 size-full\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/nyt.jpg\" alt=\"Spelling Bee in The New York Times\" width=\"259\" height=\"245\" \/><br \/>\nThe object is to make as many words as you can with these seven letters, but each word has to contain the center letter, in this case, &#8220;V. If I don&#8217;t have the image in front of me, I can always remember the center letter, but I have trouble retaining other letters without constantly referring back to the image.<\/p>\n<p>But when I realize that all the letters can spell &#8220;VEGETABLE,&#8221; retention and manipulation of the letters become manageable even without the reference image. The word vegetable acts as a mnemonic device to tie all the letters together.<\/p>\n<p>In a similar way, cartoons used in a presentation can act as memory anchors for your key points. Following is an example by Gahan Wilson that nicely sums up this email.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartooncollections.com\/cartoon?searchID=CC133982\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3710\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/CC133982h.jpg\" alt=\"Death by Powerpoint\" width=\"400\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/CC133982h.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/CC133982h-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/CC133982h-720x1024.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/CC133982h-768x1092.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"smfont\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartooncollections.com\/cartoon?searchID=CC133982\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BUY THIS CARTOON<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below is an example of how The Red Cross Climate Initiative used Avi Steinberg&#8217;s cartoon in a slide presentation to call attention to the difficulty of achieving consensus:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5117\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Avi-screencap.jpg\" alt=\"Death by Powerpoint\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Avi-screencap.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Avi-screencap-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Avi-screencap-1024x642.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Avi-screencap-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Avi-screencap-1536x962.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The cartoon illustrates the challenge of well-meaning collaboration in a friendly, memorable way that allows the viewer to understand and connect with the idea.<\/p>\n<p>Because we have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartooncollections.com\/categories\">cartoons on thousands of topics<\/a>, I&#8217;m sure you can find the perfect cartoon to help you make your message memorable. And if you can&#8217;t, contact us and <a href=\"mailto:sales@cartooncollections.com\">we&#8217;ll be happy to help<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yours in Good Humor,<br \/>\nBob<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While &#8220;Death by PowerPoint&#8221; is, as far as I know, apocryphal, as a metaphor, it must have more than a grain of truth in it, or this cartoon wouldn&#8217;t still be funny. BUY THIS CARTOON I say still because the cartoon was done by Alex Gregory back in 2003 when PowerPoint had already been in&#8230; <br \/><a class=\"more-link button\" style=\"float:right;margin:10px\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/how-to-avoid-death-by-powerpoint\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Continue Reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5117,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5113","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bobs-cartoon-lounge","8":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Avoid Death by Powerpoint &#8211; The CartoonStock.com Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"License New Yorker cartoons for powerpoint presentations to avoid death by powerpoint. 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