Hawkins
Originally uploaded by Ralli.

A posting (Pictures that are worth a thousand numbers) on this blog describes an interesting anecdote. I was left wondering what common day-to-day situations could benefit from a ppt.

Situation 1: Politics
Apart from the Gettysburg address as mentioned in the above blog (it would certainly be handy if Lincoln distributed copies before his famous speech), perhaps the national constitution should come with a ppt attachment for quick reference. Perhaps even an excel based checklist.

Situation 2: Advertising
The ad world could use ppts to provide one slider summaries. E.g. the famous Hawkins ad (lyrics from here ).

There are of course, situations where this might not be possible e.g. the Swagat Baniyan Ad. While the message is very amenable to bullet points as shown below, I suspect the slide would suffer from lack of adequate content beyond the slide header:

Another example is the Dollar Baniyan ad. In this case, the message would be too obfuscating

Or how about “Yes, Mera Best friend, friendly wash.”

Situation 3: Weddings and religious events
These would be a lot easier to follow if priests prepared presentations to let the audience know what section they were going through.

Situation 4: Medical Prescriptions
Rather than provide a badly handwritten piece of paper, doctors should provide one sliders in the following format:

Slide header: [name of illness] as suffered by [name of patient]

Footer: Disclaimer
Annexure: FAQs

Etc…

- posted by Rallix @ 10:35 AM