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Olivia Mitchell of the Speaking About Presenting blog sent me this provocative post by Laura Bergells on the Maniactive blog: It notes the backlash against bullet-filled PowerPoint slides, which led to simple art-filled slides. Neither approach works for audiences, Bergells notes, proposing there is (or should be) another backlash against the simplified slide . In fact, she calls the use of simple art and pictures--designed to evoke emotional responses--"propaganda." Sounds like everyone agrees that, if you must use them, they should have the pop and fizz of a good champagne.

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Loosely speaking, the left handles data, facts, and analysis. You can either listen to a presenter speak, or you can try to read what you seen on the screen.  Appealing only to the right side of the brain is less than truthful -- it lies by omission of key facts.  Audiences are getting more savvy.   They're creating and commenting This is Your Brain on PowerPoint.  Our brains have 2 lobes.

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Your audience will be joining you on stage, tweeting about your presentation. Public speaking is nerve wracking enough. Many are simply boring and they fail to involve the audience enough. Some audience members tweeted that she was flirting too much, asking softball questions and wasting time. Portfolio | Contact Us Home About Archive ION Website Search: ION Digital Covering the New World of Business Communications How Speakers Can Manage Twitter- and Live to Talk About it April 2nd, 2009 photo by Sean Dreilinger Pretend you’re a speaker approaching the stage at a big conference.

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Back in 1992 when I entered the speaking business, things felt much less complicated. There was no such thing as Facebook, Twitter, Technorati, Digg or Flickr.  That part isn’t a shocker, but they enjoyed being at home so much that they were questioning how much they wanted to speak in the future. I worked with a speaker who was a leadership expert.