What type of meeting?
"If you absolutely must have a meeting, decide on which kind it is"
Exactly. Reading the article I was a little confused about what type of meeting Toni was referring to (it seemed to chop and change between 'status update' and 'decision making'). If you're having a decision making meeting you shouldn't be dimming the lights and loading PowerPoint. Or a movie. Or a PDF. Or much of anything (beyond a basic agenda to keep things on track). If you want to make a decision you need people talking and discussing.
On the other hand if you are having a status update meeting then sure something presenter-driven like PowerPoint is fine. But yes, you should be asking yourself if the meeting is neccessary. If you need to convey a lot of detail to people just email them the report.
