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Re: [ontology-summit] A Powerpoint communique?

To: Ontology Summit 2011 discussion <ontology-summit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ontology Summit 2011 Organizing Committee <ontology-summit-org@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mills Davis <mdavis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Todd Schneider <tjschneider@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:51:45 -0400
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Michael,    (01)

> It occurred to me that our target audience (business people who can make 
> decisions) may be more likely to see a Powerpoint pitch than wade 
> through 4-6 pages of text.  
> 
> Which would YOU be more inclined to look at?  
> What are your thoughts?
> 
> For me, I personally prefer to read a good paper for a topic that 
> interests me. Nevertheless,  it takes less than a minute to scan through 
> a slide deck and get enough of the gist to decide to read more 
> carefully.  If people wrote excellent abstracts, I could do the same for 
> a text document, but you can never trust that they will.    (02)

--->>>You have an excellent point. However, I assume the summit participants
       would actually like to communicate. What I would suggest is do both.
       Having created the communique, PowerPoint slides could then be created.    (03)

Todd    (04)



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