This never really caught on at IBM, or for that matter, I didn't push it at Dell. Technology companies are some of the worst when it comes to being succinct. Presentations are often a business case, marketing justification and technical specification jammed into one. The primary objective of which is to convince the audience you know what you are doing, you must, after all, you have 130 slides. "death by powerpoint" is a well known condition, but it doesn't mean you have to become a terminator.