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PowerPoint: The Extreme Makeover Edition (Before and After Slides) – via Forbes

19/09/2012

Don’t blame PowerPoint for a boring presentation. The problem with today’s typical business presentation is NOT PowerPoint. The storyteller is the problem, the presenter who creates wordy, text-heavy slides and uses dull, convoluted jargon and buzzwords. In a previous column titled, Jeff Bezos and the end of PowerPoint as we know it, I made the […]

A Presentation App That Forces You To Tell Better Stories – could Haiku be the answer to death by powerpoint?

17/09/2012

The dangers of bad a PowerPoint presentation are manifold. It might just mean putting your audience to sleep, or running afoul of the High Council of Information Design. But if your presentations have wider reaching concerns, like those given routinely by members of the U.S. Armed Forces, bad slides can have far greater consequences. In […]

The original prosposal for Powerpoint 1984:

28/08/2012

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Presenting with the iPad c/o Macworld

31/07/2012

by Joe Kissell, Macworld.com Jun 18, 2012 2:00 pm You can give impressive presentations from your iPad‚ and perhaps even leave your laptop behind‚ if you prepare well and know what to expect. It’s even easier to take to the podium with newer technologies like AirPlay mirroring and the latest version of Keynote for […]

I just turned my handwriting into a font, great for slides – give it a go here…

11/06/2012

Garr Reynolds on education and slide design

10/05/2012

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Worst PPT Slide Contest Winners | InFocus

30/05/2011

Our “What Not to Present” contest was epic! Many thanks to all of you kind folks that submitted entries and spread the word about it. Many amazingly horrendous slides were sent in from all around the world. We laughed. We cried. We cringed. Stay tuned for future blog posts where presentation experts Garr Reynolds and […]

Powerful (PowerPoint) Presentations: Simply Stated on Vimeo

16/05/2011

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Using Video Clips in Powerpoint Presentations

10/02/2011

My friend Matt who is a Bible films expert has just put a really helpful blog up on using videos in powerpoint, I thought you may find it helpful (nothing preachy here its just a nerdy powerpoint guide for speakers!) …. Using Video Clips in Presentations I’ve been re-listening to Mark Goodacre’s podcasts on Mark […]

5 Traits Event Organizers Want From Speakers…

10/02/2011

5 Traits Event Organizers Want From Speakers… 1) Understand the event’s community – get to know your audience ahead of the event. Spend some time with them (online or in person), and make sure you’re current with the most relevant topics of discussion or debate. This will also help if you choose to have a […]