Tipping point

(noun)

A tipping point is a point in time when a group —or a large number of group members— rapidly and dramatically changes its behavior by widely adopting a previously rare practice.

Related Terms

Examples of Tipping point in the following topics:

  • Party Realignments, Dealignments, and Tipping

    • For social scientists, this point is important, since it helps to provide an objective sociological basis for the theory.
    • Tipping refers to the end of an era and the crystallization of another.
    • Tipping refers to the end of an era and the crystallization of another.
    • More specifically, tipping point is a point in time when a group —or a large number of group members— rapidly and dramatically changes its behavior by widely adopting a previously rare practice.
    • He called that moment the "tipping point".

  • Design Tips

    • Love it or hate it, PowerPoint, or PowerPoint type slides, are the most common form of visual aid seen during a presentation.
    • The following design tips can help users develop effective PowerPoint presentations, while keeping in mind PowerPoint etiquette .
    • Do not write the entire presentation on your PowerPoint.
    • Instead, create bullet points and headings no longer than three to five words that give the main points.
    • Use at least an 18-point font for main points and a smaller sized font for sub-points.

  • Delivery Tips

    • PowerPoint presentation software is your assistant and should help you by supporting your presentation, not taking over the show.
    • PowerPoint presentation software is your assistant and should help you, not take over the show.
    • Using PowerPoint Views allows you to follow a linear path or relational interactive paths for delivery.
    • The speaker is directly addressing the audience at the left side with the PowerPoint slides in the background.
    • Illustrate how PowerPoint features can be used to communicate to audiences

  • Formatting Tips

    • PowerPoint incorporates elements of written, oral, and visual communication.
    • The following tips will help you and your audience get the most from your presentation.
    • This allows you to distinguish your main points from sub-points.
    • Use bullet points.
    • Newer versions of PowerPoint even have some 3D transitions.

  • General Problem-Solving Tricks

    • The engineer who drew this diagram has used the tip of the arrow to indicate the point of application of a force.
    • Now, the tip of the friction arrow is at the highest point of the base.
    • The intention however is not to indicate that the friction acts at that point.
    • Some engineers use the tail of the arrow to indicate the point of application.
    • Others use the tip.

  • Drypoint

    • Drypoint involves using a hard-pointed needle to carve lines into a metal plate, which then hold the ink that produces the image.
    • Using the drypoint method, the line is made with a hard-pointed needle with a sharp metal or diamond point.
    • Diamond-tipped needles, though expensive, carve easily through any metal and never need sharpening.
    • Carbide-tipped steel needles can also be used to great effect, and are cheaper than diamond-tipped needles, but they need frequent sharpening to maintain a sharp point.

  • Adapting to Handouts and Visuals

    • There are many different types of visual aids from handouts to projections of PowerPoint slides .
    • This allows the presenter to provide audience members with supporting facts, data, or tips that may otherwise be overlooked while being displayed on an overhead projector or screen.
    • Photographs are good tools to make or emphasize a point or to explain a topic when the real object can not be physically or legally presented.
    • You can connect a computer to a projection system in a large room for PowerPoint presentations or to project files or images from the Internet.
    • Power Point is commonly used to provide visual support to longer presentations.

  • Components of a Vector

    • Vectors are geometric representations of magnitude and direction which are often represented by straight arrows, starting at one point on a coordinate axis and ending at a different point.
    • Next, draw a straight line from the origin along the x-axis until the line is even with the tip of the original vector.
    • To find the vertical component, draw a line straight up from the end of the horizontal vector until you reach the tip of the original vector.
    • The vertical component stretches from the x-axis to the most vertical point on the vector.

  • Specialty Microscopes and Contrast

    • Microscopes can also be classified based on whether they analyze the sample by scanning a point at a time (scanning electron microscopes), or by analyzing the entire sample at once (transmission electron microscopes).
    • The mechanical probe feels the surface with a cantilever with a sharp tip.
    • The deflection of the tip is then measured using a laser spot that is reflected from the surface of the cantilever .

  • Miscellaneous tips