Topic: presentations
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How to make a favorable first impression
Saturday, March 24, 2012 · Topics: presentations
From Duarte: Kate Middleton received a lot of press attention this week for delivering her first public speech as the Duchess of Cambridge. In her three-minute address at the Treehouse, a hospice run by East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices, she tried to connect with her audience and make a favorable first impression. The Duchess faced a challenge familiar to many newly promoted business leaders, elected officials and public figures: with so much riding on first impressions, what can you do to win the favor of your audience? Here are some tips to help those stepping into the spotlight shine. · Go to How to make a favorable first impression →
15 1/2 ideas to make your presentation go from boring to bravo
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 · Topics: presentations, presentations-design
From Kristin Arnold at ChangeThis: While it will always be easier to recite information (one-way) than it is to make an engaging speech (two-way) presentation that connects with your audience, today’s audiences are demanding more engagement and interaction. Their lives are full of instant updates and streaming headline news sent straight to their cell phones. They are expecting you to bring specific knowledge they can’t get anywhere else and deliver it in an entertaining way. Unfortunately, most people rely on a few tried (yet true) techniques to engage an audience and rarely stumble outside their comfort zone. If you truly want to connect with your audience, you can choose to make your presentations more engaging and interactive. · Go to 15 1/2 ideas to make your presentation go from boring to bravo →
Nancy Duarte: The secret structure of great talks
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 · Topics: mentoring, presentations, storytelling
From the “I have a dream” speech to Steve Jobs’ iPhone launch, all great presentations have a common architecture. At TEDxEast, Nancy Duarte draws lessons on how to make a powerful call-to-action. · Watch video →
10 great books to help you think, create & communicate better in 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012 · Topics: books, creativity, design, presentations
From Garr Reynolds: Books that I read (or reread) over the past year that you may want to read as part of your own continuous improvement journey. · Go to 10 great books to help you think, create & communicate better in 2012 →
Dance vs. PowerPoint
Monday, December 5, 2011 · Topics: complexity, dance, powerpoint, presentations, simplicity
From TEDx Brussels: Dance your PhD founder John Bohannon & Black Label Movement demonstrate that dance can make science and even complex problems easier to understand. · Watch video →
Six tips for working with an interpreter while public speaking
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 · Topics: presentations, presentations-design
From Nancy Duarte: Public speaking is hard enough, and working with an interpreter complicates things… unless you’re prepared. · Go to Six tips for working with an interpreter while public speaking →
Revealed presence photography
Monday, October 24, 2011 · Topics: photographers, photography, presencing, presentations, public-speaking
Presence — we all know when someone has it. We also can tell when someone doesn’t have it. But what is it? Carla Kimball has spent much of her adult life exploring presence, originally as a dancer, then a yoga teacher, and now as a public speaking presence coach and photographer. · Go to Revealed presence photography →
The atomic method of creating a Powerpoint presentation
Thursday, October 13, 2011 · Topics: powerpoint, presentations
From Seth Godin: The typical person speaks 10 or 12 sentences a minute. The atomic method requires you to create a slide for each sentence. For a five minute talk, that’s 50 slides. Each slide must have either a single word, a single image or a single idea. · Go to The atomic method of creating a Powerpoint presentation →
