Comments on: I have seen the worst slide in the world http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/i-have-seen-the-worst-slide-in-the-world/ Helping you with presenting, PowerPoint, and speaking Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:39:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/i-have-seen-the-worst-slide-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-490 Paul Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:38:25 +0000 http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/?p=374#comment-490 When General Stanley McChrystal, Commander of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, was presented the slide, he dryly remarked, "When we understand that slide, we will have won the war." We knew Afghanistan was a complex situation, but come on, the commander could better grasp the situation than he could the slide. When General Stanley McChrystal, Commander of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, was presented the slide, he dryly remarked, “When we understand that slide, we will have won the war.”
We knew Afghanistan was a complex situation, but come on, the commander could better grasp the situation than he could the slide.

]]> By: Addendum to “I have seen the worst slide in the world” « PowerPoint Tips Blog http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/i-have-seen-the-worst-slide-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-489 Addendum to “I have seen the worst slide in the world” « PowerPoint Tips Blog Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:46:35 +0000 http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/?p=374#comment-489 [...] why they took so long to find this, since I first saw it and blogged about it last December, in my blog post, “I have seen the worst slide in the world.” But for fun, it’s worth looking at! April 28th, 2010 | Tags: New York Times, worst [...] [...] why they took so long to find this, since I first saw it and blogged about it last December, in my blog post, “I have seen the worst slide in the world.” But for fun, it’s worth looking at! April 28th, 2010 | Tags: New York Times, worst [...]

]]> By: admin http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/i-have-seen-the-worst-slide-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-219 admin Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:32:15 +0000 http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/?p=374#comment-219 Jan, The TV station did just that, overlaying emphasize of a section and blowing it up, which was useful. As a problem-solving tool, or an analytical tool, it's fine. After all, not every situation is simple. But as you said, it shouldn't be a slide. Jan,
The TV station did just that, overlaying emphasize of a section and blowing it up, which was useful. As a problem-solving tool, or an analytical tool, it’s fine. After all, not every situation is simple. But as you said, it shouldn’t be a slide.

]]> By: Jon Thomas, Presentation Advisors http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/i-have-seen-the-worst-slide-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-213 Jon Thomas, Presentation Advisors Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:23:24 +0000 http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/?p=374#comment-213 This is a great find! This is a great find!

]]> By: Jan Schultink http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/i-have-seen-the-worst-slide-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-211 Jan Schultink Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:32:57 +0000 http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/?p=374#comment-211 This is a so called "Business Dynamics" analysis that is common in management consulting. (You can see the logo of the consultant firm at the bottom of the page). The tool is useful to understand the relationships of many dependent factors, and to find reinforcing loops that either improve a situation, or the other way around, find traps that deteriorate it. It is a problem solving tool, not a presentation slide. But what you can do is present it with the message "it's not easy", and then put an overlay with a big bright arrow on where you are going to focus to solve the mess. This is a so called “Business Dynamics” analysis that is common in management consulting. (You can see the logo of the consultant firm at the bottom of the page). The tool is useful to understand the relationships of many dependent factors, and to find reinforcing loops that either improve a situation, or the other way around, find traps that deteriorate it.

It is a problem solving tool, not a presentation slide. But what you can do is present it with the message “it’s not easy”, and then put an overlay with a big bright arrow on where you are going to focus to solve the mess.

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