Sticky Closings: The most common failure in PowerPoint presentations
If you want a sticky closing, you have to plan for it. That means not making this one classic mistake.
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Communication
Preparing your PowerPoint Presentation
Before you even open up PowerPoint, there are some things you need to think about, to make sure your presentations have the kind of impact you want. Here's my ten things to think about as you prepare.
Read MoreInfographics don’t need to take forever: Use an infographics generator software package
You've seen infographics on Pintrest, right? Want a behind the scenes look at how to create quick infographics, even if you're not a graphic designer?
Read MoreSticky Teaching for Presentations
I regularly give presentations on giving presentations (I know, so meta). Today I'll be delivering a private webinar to a group of software professionals who will be presenting technical information next month at a conference. Here's the deck.
Read MoreFree Sticky Teaching Poster
One of the most common requests was from teachers who wanted a poster to put it up in a resource location, or place like that. So I created this version of the poster. I was going to sell it, but I decided to give it away for free.
Read MoreSeven Habits I picked up from Covey
This morning Mr. Covey, of Seven Habits fame, passed away. Whether you liked him, his books, his management or organizational style or not, there's no question he had an impact with several of his books in the Seven Habits pack. So here's my take on the seven things I learned from Stephen Covey.
Read MoreBetter Presentations: Three Tips for Tour Guides
I think all tour guides should be vetted before being given 20-40 paying passengers. Why? Because some of them have truly sucked this week! So here are my three tips to tour guides and see if they don't apply to you when you give presentations (of any kind) as well.
Read MoreMisleading Fonts & the Results
Almost every week I'm involved in creating a deck (PowerPoint set of slides) of some sort. Because I'm regularly cleaning up slides designed by others, it's not surprising that one of the first things I do is clean up the fonts. Normally, however, I don't explain why I'm doing what I'm doing. Here's why.
Read MoreSticky Teaching
In early March I’ll be presenting some material to teachers who volunteer at North Coast Church. Coaching those who present information—in or outside the church—always comes back to what we now know about the brain. So I decided to create…
Why Use Images?
Do you know how the brain reacts to words and pictures in PowerPoint? Want to know which has more impact? It's not a secret. Pictures win!
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