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Watch a Hilarious Speaker Wow the Crowd with PowerPoint
Think PowerPoint is boring? Can only be used to over-complicate (or dumb down) an idea? Turns an otherwise gifted speaker into a droning idiot? Here’s a video that proves otherwise. Watch as the...
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Do You Design Slides More Like Nancy Duarte or Guy Kawasaki?
Nancy Duarte (author of Resonate and Slideology) and Guy Kawasaki (author of Enchantment) have very different views of presentation design. Whose opinion do you connect with more? This one-hour video,...
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My Favorite Dilbert Video on PowerPoint
This is my favorite Dilbert video. It’s hilarious because it’s true. 1. Business audiences don’t read text documents. PowerPoint is replacing text documents in many businesses. Why? PowerPoint breaks...
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Which Slides Can You Swap for a S.T.A.R. Moment?
Does your presentation include a S.T.A.R. Moment – Something They’ll Always Remember? This is a concept introduced by Nancy Duarte in her book Resonate. I was recently reminded of the power of S.T.A.R....
View ArticleMy Presentation is Boring! Now What?
Nick Morgan answers an important question on the Forbes.com blog: how do I keep it interesting when I have to present a bunch of dry technical facts? Dr. Morgan’s advice is timely (read it here) given...
View ArticleThe Foundation For All Great Presentations – Plan On Paper First
Carmine Gallo posted the best PowerPoint tip you’ll ever get on the Forbes.com blog today. And, in truth, this advice is so simple and so profound, it will forever change the way you build...
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7 Predictions for Presentation Design
Someone recently emailed me and asked this intriguing question: what trends do you see in presentation design in the next 1-3 years? I thought the question was thought-provoking so I list below the 7...
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Steve Jobs Unveils iCloud Reading (Gasp!) Text Slides
Presentation guru Steve Jobs would never unveil iCloud reading the text right off his slides. Would he? Fast forward to (3:17-3:55) and (6:10-6:47) and see for yourself. Isn’t that what SourPointers...
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Quit Boring your Audience: the Best Way to Get them Interested
The typical advice to presenters is almost guaranteed to bore your audience to death: think about what you want the audience to think/feel/do differently after your presentation. Well meaning advice....
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What to Say When the Audience Disagrees with You
Have you ever had an audience member disagree with you while you were presenting? I have. I was conducting a workshop at Microsoft with about 15 students, reviewing the research on bullet points....
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