Perception and Use of PowerPoint at Library Instruction Conferences

References and Notes

1. The authors presented a version of this paper and research findings at the 2007 LOEX Conference in San Diego, California, titled “‘Next Slide Please’: An Analysis and Conversation on the Uses and Misuses of Microsoft PowerPoint at Library Instruction Conferences.” The published proceeding for this conference offers a sample of the verbatim responses from the survey.

2. See Stephen Abram, “PowerPoint: Devil in a Red Dress,” Information Outlook 8, no. 3 (2004): 27; Steven J. Bell, “End of PowerPoint Dependency Now!” American Libraries 35, no. 6 (2004): 56–59; Sharon Colvin, “How to Keep the Audience Awake and Learning,” Information Outlook 11, no. 2 (2007): 24; and Michael Gorman, Our Own Selves: More Meditations for Librarians (Chicago: ALA, 2005).

3. Edward Tufte, The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint (Cheshire, Conn.: Graphics Pr., 2003): 4.

4. Gordon Shaw, Robert Brown, and Philip Bromiley, “Strategic Stories: How 3M is Rewriting Business Planning,” Harvard Business Review 76, no.3 (1998): 42–44, quoted in Tufte, The Cognitive Style of Power-Point, 4.

5. Catherine Adams, “PowerPoint, Habits of Mind, and Classroom Culture,” Journal of Curriculum Studies 38 (2006): 389–411.

6. Stephen M. Kosslyn, Clear and to the Point: 8 Psychological Principles for Compelling PowerPoint Presentations (New York: Oxford Univ. Pr., 2007).

7. Dave Paradi, “Survey Shows How to Stop Annoying Audiences with Bad PowerPoint” (accessed Jan. 5, 2007); and Dave Paradi “What Annoys Audiences about PowerPoint Presentations?” (accessed Jan. 5, 2007).

8. Neil D. Fleming and Colleen Mills, “Not Another Inventory, Rather a Catalyst for Reflection,” To Improve the Academy 11 (1992): 137–48.

9. Dave Paradi’s Color Contrast Calculator (accessed Jan. 5, 2007).

10. Tufte, The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint, 5.

11. Gordon Shaw, Robert Brown, and Philip Bromiley, “Strategic Stories: How 3M is Rewriting Business Planning,” Havard Business Review 76, no. 3 (1998): 42, 44.

12. Tufte, The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint, 4.

13. Ibid., 6.

14. StudioKSG, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, “Tips to Producing an Effective Power-Point Presentation” (accessed Mar. 10, 2007).

15. Atul Chitnis, “Speaker Guide” (accessed Apr. 20, 2007).

16. Dickinson College, Technology Services, “Presenting with PowerPoint: 10 Dos and Don’ts” (accessed Apr. 10, 2007).

17. Princeton University Library Human Resources, “Library Excellence Toolkit: Presentation Skills” (accessed Apr. 6, 2007).

18. Seth Godin, “Really Bad PowerPoint (and How to Avoid It)” (accessed Mar. 15, 2007).

19. Corbin Ball, “Avoiding ‘Death by PowerPoint’” (accessed Apr. 2, 2007).

20. Geetesh Bajaj, “Choose the Right Colors in Power-Point,” Computer Companion (Spring 2006). (accessed Feb. 11, 2007).

21. Dave Paradi, “How to Avoid ‘Death by PowerPoint’” (accessed Jan. 5, 2007).

22. Tufte, The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint, 4.

23. Alex H. Johnstone and Frederick Percival, “Attention Breaks in Lectures,” Education in Chemistry 13, no. 2 (1976): 49–50; and Joan Middendorf and Alan Kalish, “The ‘Change-Up’ in Lectures,” National Teaching and Learning Forum 5, no. 2 (1996) (accessed July 10, 2007).

24. Karen Stein, “The Dos and Don’ts of PowerPoint Presentations,” Journal of the American Dietetic Association 106, no. 11 (2006): 1745.

25. Godin, “Really Bad PowerPoint.”

26. Cliff Atkinson, “Evocative Media” (accessed Apr. 2, 2007).

27. Dave Paradi, “How to Avoid ‘Death by PowerPoint.’”

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