It's no secret that I think visuals should dominate words in a presentation where any type of slideware is used. But if the word 'visuals' immediately makes you think 'pictures' or 'photographs', reconsider. for the last 5 years or the number of pieces in different packages of M&M candy. ( Attribution: katiescrapbooklady, Flickr )   Charts are an elegant way of graphically representing many types of information, making it easier for the viewer to grasp not only meaning but context as well. Thanks to Chris Spagnuolo at the EdgeHopper blog for alerting

Like whitespace in visual design it’s the pauses that make what you do say stand out clearly. Search flickr using the advanced options to show you creative commons images. There’s this popular format for public speaking called Ignite - It’s an evening of short talks with some special rules.  Similar to, but simpler than, Pecha Kucha , and more involved than lightening talks , in ignite each speakers gets 5 minutes - but must have 20 slides and each slide must automatically progress in 15 seconds.

Want to use a FlickR image into your presentation? Each of the cloudware apps I used let you search and add unique FlickR images with the same ease you'd have inserting a stale piece of clipart to a PowerPoint presentation. Easy access to fresh videos and pictures can make your presentation more visually unique and compelling than sticking to the over-used, cliched, packaged stock images and clip art built into standard software. Yes, you can design a PowerPoint presentation without using PowerPoint. And you don't need Keynote or OpenOffice, either.

This displays text only in the navigator and is useful in early versions of slides where all your scrubbing is ideas and not visuals. This is when every single slide and object has it’s own transition and it’s a visual mess. The Rands Vegas System; is the perfect companion for Sin City. The Shirt HOSTING BY The Book Relevant » Alex King » Cabel.Name » Daring Fireball home tech life management vegas glossary archives about Tech Life Simple, clean, and easy Keynote Kung-fu It’s WWDC season and that means Keynote .

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Why not do the presentation directly from slideshare, after pointing the audience to it, so they can follow the slides on their laptop (better for the neck ! ) while twittering. Daiv Russell February 23, 2009 It’s very intriguing how the the presenter feels that they “own the show”, and must have 100% visual concentration from the audience, failing to realize that greater back-channel participation is actually greater immersion

You need time to organize your thoughts, plan your message, and select your visuals. And if that’s too much, check out flickr’s Creative Commons –the photos are beautiful and FREE*. Have you ever done a presentation for a product you didn’t believe in? How ’bout for a product that doesn’t even exist?

Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang Home Popular Posts About Contact Subscribe via RSS Connect with Jeremiah: twitter friendfeed linkedin flickr technorati Connect with Jeremiah on twitter Ripple 6 says the timing of my report is off [link] Ive observed most vendors are optomistic, brands the opposite. Presentations should only be used in these situations: They add value by visualizing a conceptual concept, you’ve some industry stats that preface the event, or there’s

Think on ways to deliver different visual experiences, and think about how to make them more interesting than linear text and clip art. What About the Physical World ? - I’ve been increasingly more interested with thinking about how the physical world can tie into the world in our minds. Ronald TrueBeliever & HopeDealer JD Lasica Real Leaders Don't Do Powerpoint, but they do use Keynote *if* it's helpful in presenting new ideas, new information, new tools. I do, because I often use video and visuals.