Just how desperate are we to avoid PowerPoint presentations? If you’re in sales or marketing, it’s likely that from time to time you will use Powerpoint to make presentations to potential clients. The reason you give a presentation is to make a sale! Right?

The Anti-PowerPoint Party (APPP) is a new movement formed to, as indicated in its website, “influence the public to put a stop to the phenomenon of idle time in the economy, industry, research and educational institutions.” With all of the workplace distractions, the APPP has called out PowerPoint as the most visible and egregious threat to productivity.

Steve Jobs’ latest presentation shows that money and experience can’t always buy a smooth presentation!