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How to Change the World A practical blog for impractical people. « A Brief History of Mine | Main | Resolution Assistance » December 30, 2005 The 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint I suffer from something called Ménière’s disease—don’t worry, you cannot get it from reading my blog. The symptoms of Ménière’s include

And they annoy people.  The 2008 vogue.  We're 2007? This is Your Brain on PowerPoint.  Our brains have 2 lobes. Loosely speaking, the left handles data, facts, and analysis. The right handles emotions, art, and intuition.

However, "people who explicitly make resolutions are 10 times more likely to attain their goals than people who don't explicitly make resolutions."** You may not explicitly make resolutions about public speaking, but here's how public speaking might enhance your 2008 resolutions. Why not make a *conscious* effort to improve your speaking skills and achieve some of your 2008 goals at the same time? 40 to 45% of American adults make one or more resolutions each year. Are you one of them?

Ellen is the author of 101 Tips Every PowerPoint User Should Know and the new video PowerPoint 2007: Make the Upgrade Easy !) Author Ellen Finkelstein and I were collaborating on a PowerPoint presentation design and script the other day. Ellen was in Iowa. I

DarrenBarefoot.com Contact Jobs Speaking About Home September 3rd, 2007 Filed under: Mixed Bag , Technology , The Arts 71 Comments » Everything I Know About Presentations, I Learned in Theatre School An Unlikely Education I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while, and was inspired to get it done by Merlin Mann’s recent piece about improving his use of PowerPoint. Entertain your audience, and they’ll

38 mins ago « Weekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: Jan 30, 2008 Silicon Valley Sightings: San Jose Mercury News » 67 How to Successfully Moderate a Conference Panel, A Comprehensive Guide Categories: Conference Posted on January 30th, 2008 Yesterday, I moderated another panel, ( here’s a review ) and I’m told by the conference organizers it went well. After the very disruptive revolt at SXSW 2008, moderators and speakers need to pay attention to how the audience (customers)

In 2007, we saw "Death by PowerPoint" pages increase by almost 50% to 82,400 . In 2008, we see the biggest increase: from 82,400 to 366,000 . In spite of a new and improved version of PowerPoint (2007) and the popularity of countless books and blogs on the topic of presentation design and delivery -- PowerPoint casualties continue to climb throughout 2008. For three years straight, I have been Googling and tracking the term "Death by PowerPoint". I

I was able to take a breather from my schedule in 2007 to write the second edition of Beyond Bullet Points , and realized that I really did want to reclaim the sense of community and also to help the many people who are using BBP to do their work faster and easier. If you've been a reader of the Beyond Bullets blog, I'd like to thank you for keeping in touch over the years. I'm now happy to announce that this blog is moving to a new home at a new website called BBP Online . A lot has happened since I started writing this blog.

Last week, the two authors released an exciting, full-color book called Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit . If your organization has upgraded to PowerPoint 2007, make sure your presentation design approach keeps pace with a 2008 look and feel. Go check out the new PowerPoint 2007 Makeover Kit -- it can make a terrific, timely, and tasteful business gift. ...Tags: How do you tell your boss or colleagues that they need a makeover? I'm not talking about their clothes, hair, or makeup.