April 2011

April 27, 2011

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 […]
April 26, 2011

The Secrets of Storytelling in the Boardroom – Part 4, Three Ways to Open Your Presentation

(Return to part 1). One of the best examples of using storytelling in front of a skeptical business audience came in 2002 in a business school […]
April 25, 2011

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 […]
April 20, 2011

The Secrets of Storytelling in the Boardroom, Part 3 – Three Secrets for Better Stories

In my last blog, I discussed the four benefits of using storytelling: clearer message, increased trust, more word of mouth and increased agreement. But what, exactly, […]
April 19, 2011

Is a Webinar More Like a Presentation or Talk Radio?

A webinar is just like a presentation but without the eye contact. Right? Well, maybe not. A presentation is the wrong metaphor for a webinar because […]
April 18, 2011

Create Gorgeous Textured Slide Backgrounds – PowerPoint Video Tip #10

Textured backgrounds give your slides more personality. Here’s how to create them yourself, using free images available online. Also see this post on textured backgrounds by […]
April 17, 2011

Advanced Presentations by Design (Andrew Abela) Book Review

Most successful PowerPoint books talk about PowerPoint as visual support for a speaker in a large audience presentation. But there are few books that discuss it […]
April 16, 2011

PowerPoint, Storytelling or Whiteboard? Which is Best?

In this Business Week article, Peter Bregman asserts the best meetings are the ones that avoid PowerPoint completely. Mr. Bregman has a lot of experience trying […]
April 13, 2011

Create that Cool Polaroid Photo Effect – PowerPoint Video Tip #9

When you have a picture that fits awkwardly on your PowerPoint slide, leaving a lot of whitespace, consider turning it into picture. You can use this neat […]
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