We’ve seen these people. They’re all over the place. In some organizations, it’s institutionalized. What I’m concerned about is the laser pointer. Not everyone uses them, but I don’t see anyone standing up and pleading for these people with frickin’ lasers in their hands to stop.

All too often, when people are trying to do the right thing by creating a strong visual to represent an idea, they fall back on the literal meaning of the word.  This This often makes it very difficult to find the right image to convey the idea and will often result in a visual that seems forced. Take for example, the concept of the “Open Government Initiative.”

No, I haven’t abandoned this blog.  The The gap in between posts can easily be explained.  You You see, I have been learning how to use Adobe Premiere and Screenflick .  The The results can be seen below as I share with you how to create effective charts in Keynote ‘09.  Hopefully,

I’m sure by now, you’ve read enough about the iPad to think, “oh, come on, not another article about that thing .” 8221;  Granted, the hype and rumors got completely out of hand.  Contrary Contrary to the Windows zealots around me, they weren’t all fed by Apple.  I

As we design more and more slide decks, we inevitably create or consume an ever greater number of images, whether they’re photographs, icons, or whatever.  The The problem is, however, it becomes a problem keeping track of them all on your hard drive.  Whether Whether you’re using Windows or the Mac, this is where you see how the modern file systems are failing us.  To

TED has earned a lot of attention over the years for many reasons, including the nature and quality of its short-form conference presentations. All presenters lucky enough to be asked to speak at TED are given 18-minute slots maximum (some are for even less time such as 3- and 6-minute slots). Some who present at TED are not used to speaking on a large stage, or are at least not used to speaking on their topic with strict time restraints.

Exposing ourselves to traditional Japanese aesthetic ideas — notions that may seem quite foreign to most of us — is a good exercise in lateral thinking, a term coined by Edward de Bono in 1967. "Lateral Lateral Thinking is for changing concepts and perception," says de Bono. Beginning to think about design by exploring the tenets of the Zen aesthetic may not be an example of Lateral Thinking

Most people do not really think about design and designers, let alone think of themselves as designers. But what, if anything, can regular people — teachers, students, business people of all types — learn from designers and from thinking like a designer? And what of more specialized professions?

Presenting while people are tweeting is challenging – but also adds a new dimension to the presentation experience for your audience. Gradually tools are being developed to make it easier for you as the presenter to manage the backchannel. I

People often ask if technical or science-related presentations can be as compelling as presentations covering other less technical topics. Now, not every presentation has earth-shattering, Nobel-Prize winning significance, but I assume if you are talking about your research or current issues in your field, etc. that your words have a benefit for someone else.