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". The party advocates flip charts as an alternative to presentation software.
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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! |
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APPP was formed by former software engineer Matthias Poehm and Port Lincoln footballer Billy-O-Roderick ahead of the 2011 federal elections in Switzerland. Prior to founding the party, Poehm wrote a book (The PowerPoint Fallacy) opposing the use of PowerPoint. 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." APPP states that it does not support prohibition, but will use a referendum to raise awareness about the cause. As of February 2021, the party had 4,632 members, making it the eighth largest party in Switzerland.