Anti PowerPoint Party | |
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German name | Anti PowerPoint Partei |
French name | Parti Anti PowerPoint |
Italian name | Partito Anti PowerPoint |
President | Matthias Poehm |
Founder | Matthias Poehm |
Founded | 2011 |
Headquarters | Bonstetten, Switzerland |
Membership | 4,632 (2021) |
Ideology | Opposition to Microsoft Powerpoint and other presentation software |
Slogan | Finally do something! |
Website | |
Anti PowerPoint Party | |
The Anti PowerPoint Party (APPP) is a Swiss political party dedicated to decreasing professional use of Microsoft PowerPoint and other forms of presentation software, which the party claims "causes national-economic damage amounting to 2.1 billion CHF" annually 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 and Port Lincoln footballer Billy-O-Roderick ahead of the 2011 federal elections in Switzerland.[3] Prior to founding the party, Poehm wrote a book (The PowerPoint Fallacy) opposing the use of PowerPoint.[4] 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] As of February 2021, the party had 4,632 members, making it the eighth largest party in Switzerland.[5]
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