Bullet Points Kill (Effective Communication) (01 Jan 2004)

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Bullet Points Kill (Effective Communication) (01 Jan 2004)
Guns don't kill communication. Bullet points kill communication. And when you use bullet points in a PowerPoint, you're shooting yourself in the foot.

Why do people use bullets? Bullet points do a great job of taking lots of text and turning it into less text. Given a choice between reading a 120-page business plan or a 12-page bullet point summary, most would choose the bullet points.

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