Howard Mall had exactly 6 minutes and 40 seconds to talk. With 50 people looking on, Mall zipped through his PowerPoint presentation called “20 Ideas You Can Steal,” which included crude drawings of ...

A couple of years ago, I found myself teaching a section of a class that mandated a PowerPoint presentation. (That is, to keep my section aligned with the others, I had to require such a presentation.

It's the bane of students, business people and even the military: If you've ever yawned through a slideshow, you're probably familiar with that dreaded malady of modern times, known as "Death by ...