Comments on: Powerpoint, complexity and the art of hypnotising chickens http://aidontheedge.info/2010/04/27/powerpoint-complexity-and-the-art-of-hypnotising-chickens/ Exploring complexity & evolutionary sciences in foreign aid Fri, 18 May 2012 15:18:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The simplicity on the far side of complexity « Aid on the Edge of Chaos http://aidontheedge.info/2010/04/27/powerpoint-complexity-and-the-art-of-hypnotising-chickens/#comment-761 Sat, 13 Nov 2010 06:35:00 +0000 http://aidontheedge.info/?p=715#comment-761 [...] Most readers will know this image, now iconic for the wrong reasons (and blogged about here earlier this [...]

]]> By: Sharon Rudy http://aidontheedge.info/2010/04/27/powerpoint-complexity-and-the-art-of-hypnotising-chickens/#comment-447 Wed, 19 May 2010 23:34:29 +0000 http://aidontheedge.info/?p=715#comment-447 There is something mind-numbing about powerpoint – I don’t care how many dancing words and embedded videos there are. The more expert you are, the more slides you have. So what if some are unreadable. Just push the information out, toss out your business card, and away you go.

Nowadays, it takes courage to have a thoughtful interaction with the audience. It means sharing control, maybe mutual learning.

]]> By: From Poverty to Power by Duncan Green » Blog Archive » World War Two on Facebook; global trends quiz; hating meetings; and powerpoint; billionaires and diseases; bad aid and T shirts; Greek lessons; the worlds’ worst immigration laws http://aidontheedge.info/2010/04/27/powerpoint-complexity-and-the-art-of-hypnotising-chickens/#comment-426 Tue, 04 May 2010 07:45:32 +0000 http://aidontheedge.info/?p=715#comment-426 [...] Hypnotizing chickens with powerpoint [h/t Chris Roche] [...]

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