"death by PowerPoint" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: deaths by PowerPoint [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|deaths by PowerPoint}} death by PowerPoint (usually uncountable, plural deaths by PowerPoint)
  1. The boredom of a dull PowerPoint presentation, normally consisting of simple bulleted lists and conventional graphics. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-death_by_PowerPoint-en-noun-TsuiWa4B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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          "text": "2000, David Greenberg, Avoiding Death by PowerPoint, 45 Proven Strategies to Breathe Life Into Dull Presentations, Goldleaf Publications, →ISBN, illustrated."
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          "ref": "2000, Dave Meier, The Accelerated Learning Handbook, A Creative Guide to Designing and Delivering Faster, More Effective Training Programs, McGraw-Hill Professional, illustrated, page 180",
          "text": "In corporations, death by overhead has been replaced by death by PowerPoint. Nothing has changed but the technology."
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          "ref": "2008, Mary Civiello and Arlene Matthews, Communication Counts, Business Presentations for Busy People, Safari Books Online, John Wiley and Sons, illustrated, page 132",
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          "ref": "2010, Jo Owen, The Death of Modern Management, How to Lead in the New World Disorder, John Wiley and Sons, illustrated, chapter 9, unpaged",
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