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Day: 28 December 2022

What you can learn from the man who got PowerPoint banned from Amazon

28th December 2022 by Aaron

Edward Tufte is the reason why Jeff Bezos banned PowerPoint at Amazon. Discovering this led me to look into this Princeton/Yale Professor. I don’t like PowerPoint. It always jarred with me. Some people I respect tell me it can be done well. Tufte explains an alternative – smarter presentations and shorter meetings. His advice is … Read more

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How a lobbyist can present the data and information

28th December 2022 by Aaron

I recently came across Edward Tufte. He is the person who helped Amazon to drop the use of PowerPoint and switch to the 6 page memo. After reading some of his writing, I decided to take a course he offers,”  PRESENTING DATA AND INFORMATION” Link. The course is just over 4 hours. It is some of … Read more

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