The NJBIZ site has a very interesting and inspiring interview with Steve Adubato, author of "Speak from the Heart" and "Make the Connection." In this interview, Steve discusses how PowerPoint can be a huge communication crutch. I may not agree with him all the time since I know that it is possible to make statistics look interesting in PowerPoint slides as well -- but I do agree with him that PowerPoint by itself is no help at all unless it is accompanied by a good speaker (and good slides).