PowerPointlessness
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Blend of PowerPoint + pointlessness, coined by Jamie McKenzie in 2000
Noun[edit]
PowerPointlessness (uncountable)
- The senseless use of PowerPoint to communicate with too many bells and whistles, animated transitions between slides, etc. and very little substance.
- 2005, David Clive Nettelbeck, Computers, Thinking and Learning: Inspiring Students with Technology, page 52:
- We do not have to subject ourselves or our students to 'death by PowerPoint' or 'PowerPointlessness' as Jamie McKenzie calls it
- 2007, Steven J. Bell, John D. Shank, Academic Librarianship by Design, page 139:
- Powerful PowerPoint: Tips for Ending PowerPointlessness ...
- 2007, Glenn Rikowski, PowerPointlessness in Higher Education (Target page closed down by AOL)
- PowerPointlessness in higher education is an educational sin. I am rethinking.
- 2008, various authors, “Presentation Skill”, in Presentation Skill, Global Media, →ISBN:
- Avoid 'PowerPointlessness!' A presentation should always be about your audience, not about you.