A collection of funny quotes heard over project meetings relating to presenting. These gems are actual quotes as they were spoken by project managers and collected by various people.

2. The following statements are actual quotes from
project meetings… These are the top selections
for 2013 relating to presentations.

3. “We are running a business
not a chart!”

4. “They are showing you…
…because it's the only
chart they have!”

5. “…I
won't talk it.
Next!”

6. Manager briefing scorecard…
“EVERYTHING is GREEN…
…except for a
couple of
REDS”

7. At the end of
the day…
it’s not on a
PowerPoint chart,
...if
…it won’t happen!

8. Slide design 101…
“It’s just colors on a chart!
Try using the green pen!”

9. When charts get too wordy…

10. …they must be
good!”

11. “I am not looking for good data or bad data…”

12. Getting the message across…
“So, once again, ours is better,
but it takes ten pages to explain
why.”

13. You can have the
perfect burn-down
chart…
…and still have to
lie about it!

14. “These are just some charts
you cannot read,
because they show the
data!”

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