Aug
I want to snark at this, I really do. The possibilities are endless.
University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business will soon require presentation “slides” with their applications. Hmpf. Much sighing and keening will ensue. It begins with the snark about “corporate America’s surrender to…” But read this:
“We wanted to have a freeform space for students to be able to say what they think is important, not always having the school run that dialogue,” said Rose Martinelli, associate dean. “To me this is just four pieces of blank paper. You do what you want. It can be a presentation. It can be poetry. It can be anything.”
Thank you Rose. Are the rest of you are listening? Your slides are only so many pieces of blank paper. What are YOU going to fill them with?
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Great post, Laura! Love the “PowerPuke” category, too.
Now, how many of those prospective students, having begun using PowerPoint in middle school — or earlier — are likely to avoid bullet points?
Free Yourself From PowerPoint! Rebel! Revolt!
What is the point here- other than to show you can put apresentation together or distill your ideas into bullet points?
The best presenter I have ever seen (besides Douglas Adams) was Seth Godin- who used pictures in slides to illustrate his talk, not give it for him- shouldn;t this be the goal here? Give better talks, not more boring ones?
So… are their applications rejected if they use tiny font and bullet points? ‘Cuz that would give me hope!