Anti-PowerPoint Party
| Anti PowerPoint Party | |
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| German name | Anti PowerPoint Partei |
| French and Italian name | Parti Anti PowerPoint |
| Founder | Matthias Poehm |
| President | Matthias Poehm |
| Slogan | Finally do something! |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Bonstetten, Switzerland |
| Ideology | Opposition to presentation software |
| Website | |
| Anti PowerPoint Party | |
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Politics of Switzerland Political parties Elections | |
The Anti PowerPoint Party (APPP) is a Swiss political party dedicated to decreasing professional use of Microsoft PowerPoint and other presentation software, which the party claims "causes national-economic damage amounting to 2.1 billion CHF" and lowers the quality of a presentation in "95 % of the cases".[1] The party advocates flip charts as an alternative to presentation software.[2]
APPP was formed by former software engineer Matthias Poehm ahead of the 2011 federal elections in Switzerland.[3] The party's goal is to become the fourth largest party in Switzerland in terms of membership, and to initiate a national "referendum in order to seek for a prohibition of PowerPoint [and other presentation software] during presentations."[1] APPP states that it does not support prohibition, but will use a referendum to raise awareness about the cause.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "The Cause". Anti PowerPoint Party. Retrieved September 2, 2011.
- ↑ Matyszczyk, Chris (July 5, 2011). "Swiss political party tries to ban PowerPoint". CNET. Retrieved September 2, 2011.
- ↑ Bindel, Julie (August 28, 2011). "The political party that wants to ban PowerPoint". The Guardian. Retrieved September 2, 2011.
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