Re:Amazon Staff Meetings: “No Powerpoint”
by aclements18 on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @02:26AM
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For clarification, the 6 page memo is not read aloud. Each person is provided a copy at the beginning of the meeting and the first 10-15 minutes of the meeting are completely silent.
This actually works pretty well because in the real world people usually only skim the info provided in advance of most meetings because they only need to "get the gist" of what's being said. This forces everyone to have a thorough understanding and promotes more thoughtful discussion.
Re:Amazon Staff Meetings: “No Powerpoint”
by jasoncrawford on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @02:22AM
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You don't read it out loud. You bring printed copies (or send electronically) and everyone reads it for themselves, in silence, at the beginning of the meeting.
Re:Amazon Staff Meetings: “No Powerpoint”
by cybernoodles on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @02:33AM
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Memo read silently and then everyone asks questions after attendees are finished. This is for mid-small sized meetings.
Re:Amazon Staff Meetings: “No Powerpoint”
by michaelhoffman on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @02:23AM
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People read the memo silently.
Personally I like keeping presentations on the short side - only using slide shows for ancillary data like citations (which I find awkward to fold into the flow of a speach) and graphical data. Unless something is really interesting or very important, it's only going to get 5-10 minutes of people's attention.