"How to Gain Control of Your PowerPoint Culture"

NOTE: Mr. Klein, since I wasn't in class on Wednesday, I wasn't able to take notes, or know who read and wrote about which article, so I chose this one - is that alright? :p

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Cliff Atkinson asks readers the question of who controls PowerPoint - yourself, or PowerPoint itself? When organizations try to control branding by forcing a typical PowerPoint template, where the presenters bore their audiences. Organizations try to control information through encouraging the use of bullet points on slides, and PowerPoint culture CAN be controlled. It is just that companies and organizations are trying to control the wrong things; if they take control of the right and correct things, they can also then control PowerPoint and its culture. Five main things that each organization should know about PowerPoint is that they should control the value (they should try to make their PowerPoint presentation captures, communicates to the audience, and shows your intellectual traits), next, they should control the big picture (being able to have and see a visual view of PowerPoint, and having the ability to see and monitor it professionally is a great step to taking control of PowerPoint), powering the system by providing an easy buildup form where communication can grow), controlling the metrics (How are you with PowerPoint in general? Is it created in good quality?, etc.), and finally, learning how to manage the process of PowerPoint. PowerPoint is a constantly changing and dynamic new language your organization is figuring out to learn and speak. It will always improve and get even better. If you ask the audience the correct questions and give them the exact needed tools, they will be able to figure out the answers pointed out in your presentation. The main thing is to control the right process. And through all of these key facts, your PowerPoint will most likely be a very interesting and thorough one.