October 2011

October 31, 2011

Finally! A Printable Character Map of the Wingdings Fonts

When you need an icon or symbol, like a lightning bolt or checkmark, it’s sometimes hard to navigate the different Wingdings and Webdings fonts. So I […]
October 26, 2011

The #1 Problem with Tables: Sorting Data Alphabetically

I review a lot of PowerPoint decks created by market research firms. And I continue to see a problem with how they present data in tables: […]
October 24, 2011

Cheat Sheet for Creating Numbers Inside Circles

Sometimes it comes in handy to use numbers within your text to refer to numbers in your diagram. Like this slide. You might just use a […]
October 17, 2011

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 […]
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