May 2011

May 23, 2011

3 Lies SourPointers Tell You About PowerPoint and the Columbia Disaster

It’s easy to spot a SourPointer – someone with an irrational hatred for PowerPoint. They will begin their rant by accusing PowerPoint of helping cause the […]
May 21, 2011

Real Leaders Don’t Do PowerPoint (Chris Witt) Book Review

Even though I wrote a book on how to use PowerPoint more effectively in business, the truth is there are different kinds of presentations. PowerPoint is […]
May 20, 2011

The Secrets of Storytelling in the Boardroom, Part 7 – Using Stories to Bring Your Slides to Life

We’ve now covered three ways to use storytelling in a boardroom presentation: to introduce the presentation, to increase interest and to structure the entire presentation. We […]
May 19, 2011

3 Tricks When the Picture Won’t Fit

Sometimes your picture fits awkwardly on the slide, leaving an unfinished-looking section of slide. What do you do? Here’s my three favorite tricks. 1. Use a […]
May 17, 2011

The True ROI of Pfizer’s PowerPoint Experiment

And from the “If-it-aint-true-just-make-it-up” department, comes this lazy article from SourPointer Jim Edwards. His article claims Pfizer employees wasted 30% of their time on PowerPoint until […]
May 16, 2011

Should You Read Your Slides? The “Mayer Myth” Busted!

Some people are adamant you should never read your slides. Why? In part, because of research by Richard Mayer, author of Multi-Media Learning. But his research has been misinterpreted […]
May 10, 2011

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 […]
May 9, 2011

Does Chartjunk Really Trash Your Graphs? 4 Discoveries from Research

Among graph-makers, a debate rages. One camps say remove all “non-essential” items from graphs, including gridlines, tick marks and even color inside the bars – what […]
May 8, 2011

The Secrets of Storytelling in the Boardroom, Part 6 – 4 Ways to Structure Your Preso as a Story

(Back to part 1). So far we’ve talked about how to use stories, or story elements, to introduce a presentation. But what about the rest of […]
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