Bullets kill. US Army recently accepted it. And it is time you do too.
I am talking about the bullets which are shot through your screens and not guns. Bullets you use to present your point. To power your point.
For thousands of years, knowledge was transferred through stories, pictures and dance. When you get to interpret the information by yourself and then understand it, your mind obviously understands it better. Experience builds memories. Thus, performances, books, abstract images, indirect messages, mysteries, etc register in your minds better. Imagine reading a murder novel as a bulleted list. No fun guaranteed!
They say, bullet points make information less complex. Sure. They are great for shopping lists. Not for real life. Things rarely follow a linear path in the real world. Bullet lists disregard the inter-connectivity of things. They are just a bunch of words between two dots.
You would always remember things that have a certain reference point, things that made you think, things that moved you, things that you could relate to. Mona Lisa cannot be explained in points. Simple phenomena like sleep or laughter cannot be explained in bullet points.
So, try telling stories. It gels well with the thousands of years of human practices. Don’t let points kill the point.
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What an apt name that Microsoft chose for its product – PowerPoint
They aren’t very good at naming. Look about their own name – “microsoft”
Well they were a company “micro” in size manufacturing “soft”ware, when they started. Maybe just holding on to their “humble” beginnings