People can and do use powerpoint slides in many ways. Some folks will rework
text in real-time, based on interaction with the participants. Some folks
just talk their slides rather than actually engaging with the participants.
A thing to keep in mind is that slides and the jabber activity can be
incredibly helpful to folks for whom English not their native language.
I think that, in fact, the issue is not powerpoint-vs-no-powerpoint. I think
it is exactly and only the concern you raise: meetings need to be for working
group interaction. If that is the clear goal and if the meeting is run with
that goal enforced, then none of the trappings matter.
I completely agree with this. And, I've been to plenty of
non-interactive lectures that didn't involve any slides.
Dave, do you have any thoughts about how we can change the IETF
culture from presentation to interaction (with or without slides).
This is something that the IESG has been talking about, among others,
but I'm not sure that we've come up with any really concrete ways to
provoke/encourage this change.
Margaret
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