Nothing says amnesia more than a Power Point presentation, reading aloud from slides, bullet point after bullet point.

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Each year they create a power point presentation to serve as a motivational tool before they hit the stores.

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The questionably named Cyber University in Japan has begun offering a mobile class on the "mysteries of the pyramids, " but instead of a typical PC's display of text, images, sound, and video, the mobile version offers a streaming Power Point presentation on the topic.

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Your Power Point slide creation technique is therefore ensuring that your presentation will be forgettable and boring.

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Baratunde made a similar point at the Web 2.0 Expo in 2009, when he gave a great presentation on the power of hashtags.

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