Tim Newlin of http://www.timtim.com/ alerts us to the symptoms driving
more and more victims to enroll in PPA (Power Point Anonymous)

Powerpoint Pandemic

All across the world students are nodding off in lecture halls,
executives are yawning in boardrooms, military personnel are being
anesthetized at briefings, and committees are being put to sleep in
government offices by infected carriers that are unaware of their
condition. Most of us have been exposed many times and have woken up
afterwards wondering where we were and what happened. Some of us may
even be already infected! The PPA (Power Point Anonymous) gives us a
list of 12 character symptoms to watch out for:

They say nothing until something comes up on the screen.

They spend all their time talking with their backs to the audience.

They speak in a monotone voice with no breaks and no rhythm.

They have no eye contact with the audience.

They have body language says “I don’t want to be here.”

They fidget with a pointer or clicker while fumbling through slides.

They fill slides with too many bullet points.

They use too many charts and graphs.

They use too many clip-art clichés.

They try to communicate too much too fast causing info-overload.

They have little patience with questions and explanations.

They believe that detailed, visual data will somehow be absorbed into
the brains of their audience.