A powerpoint discussing John Bohannon's TED presentation "Dance vs. powerpoint, a modest proposal."

1. From TED presentation by Tom Bohannon
Powerpoint by: Svenja van den Woldenberg

2. Problem: Powerpoint
Powerpoints usually contain unnecessary
information, are too long and employ silly clip art.
Powerpoint vs. Dance, van den Woldenberg

3. Dance is great:
Using dancers instead of powerpoint
helps keep the arts alive.
Powerpoint vs. Dance, van den Woldenberg
But:
Choreographing a dance to a
presentation takes more time.

4. Powerpoint vs. Dance, van den Woldenberg
Powerpoints are boring:
This is not always true. Some powerpoints engage
and do exactly what they set out to do.
But:
Dance captures the viewers attention for a longer
period of time.

5. Powerpoint vs. Dance, van den Woldenberg
Dance is a proven tool:
See “Dance Your PhD”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2u9eAzk7TU
Dance can make complex concepts look simple.
But:
Not many executives would put up with dancers in
their boardroom, and most boardrooms don’t have
the space.

6. Conclusion:
This is a great idea for large audience presentations.
With enough planning and enough space this could
be really cool.
You can’t dance your way through everything.
Powerpoint vs. Dance, van den Woldenberg

7. Conclusion:
This is a great idea for large audience presentations.
With enough planning and enough space this could
be really cool.
You can’t dance your way through everything.
Powerpoint vs. Dance, van den Woldenberg