PowerPoint is the tool almost every firm already owns, and it's genuinely good at what it was built for: a deck a presenter narrates in a room. The mismatch shows up once that deck gets exported to PDF and emailed to a committee that reviews it asynchronously, on a phone, with no one there to narrate it. This comparison covers where PowerPoint still wins, where it hits a structural ceiling, and what changes once the proposal becomes a tracked, interactive link instead of an attachment.
About the Author
Kitae Kim
Architect with 10 years of experience in design and client communication. Co-founder of Foveate, the pursuit and client experience platform for AEC firms. Former studio lead who saw too many winning designs lose to worse proposals.
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