Perils of Poor PowerPoints

When the Arthur Anderson accounting firm showed the Enron Board of Directors accounting board powerpoints that gently warned of sketchy accounting practices, did the lack of a bold warning doom Enron? Did a confusing powerpoint –driven presentation by Boeing engineers contribute to the 2003 Columbia space shuttle disaster? These are the questions that Nancy Duarte raises  in her CNN.com article, “Why We Hate PowerPoints—and how to fix them.”

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