Politicians Need to Improve Their Presentation Skills
Here’s a question that started nagging me today: Why hasn’t it become standard for politicians to spice up their speeches with Power Point Presentations?
Could you imagine a modern-day scientist getting up in front of a conference and try to make a persuasive argument with just an inspiring speech? “Every American must embrace String Theory as an integral step toward a Grand Unified Theory of physics that will make this Country great again!”
I think that would result in a lot of raised hands and head-scratching. Why can’t political speeches be more like TED Talks? Why are they geared towards those living fossils the Baby Boomers? I love to hear Obama talk, but I can do that with an MP3. I wanna see a multimedia presentation accentuating his words.
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Hans Rosling explains data maps |
Mind you, not all speeches lend themselves to this format. Barack Obama’s “A More Perfect Union” stands on its own.
Well there was always Ross Perot. Granted he used old fashion paper charts but pretty close to a power point presentation.
Comment by Sour Swinger — March 21, 2008 @ 11:53 am
I loved that particular TED talk. Very inspiring.
I think the reason politicians don’t use presentations is because *SHOCK* They aren’t delivering facts, they are delivering themselves! */SHOCK*
It’s only people like you that care about the issues. When more people care, that’s probably when we’ll see politicians focus on the facts.
-BMF
Comment by BMF — March 21, 2008 @ 1:18 pm
The more data you give, the less likely someone is willing to listen to you. It was like when I tried to explain how to do something to one of my Postal Inspection Service superiors:
“If it’s more than 1 step, I don’t really want to hear it.”
This guy made >$100K and carried a gun.
Comment by Clint — March 21, 2008 @ 2:08 pm