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552 Articles match "PowerPoint","Presentation"
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Friday, March 19, 2010
Here is an article about a conference that has decided to ban PowerPoint presentations: [link] . The writer explains that by banning PowerPoint, it will solve the problem of poor presentations. Instead, the presenters will use flipcharts and whiteboards to help the audience understand their presentation. Why the ban? So let me get this straight.
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
If there's one thing I've learned while engulfed in the world of marketing communications the past few years, it's that you are ALWAYS presenting - especially when it comes to business.
Every interaction is a presentation. You don't need a projector or WebEx to conduct a presentation. Every interaction you have with prospects, customers, vendors, or even just a random passer-by can has the potential to change the course of your business, for better and for worse. That irate customer you just dealt with for 30 minutes?
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Thankfully, thought leaders are neck-deep in presentations. And over the years, we’ve learned that a presentation isn’t just standing up and speaking to slides. Whether enticing investors, recruiting volunteers, or raising awareness in the community, thought leaders present information in some form or another at every step along the way. Duarte has a very special spot in our heart for cause-related work . Aside from allowing us to think outside the box and reach a global audience, it makes us feel all warm and fuzzy inside, which is always nice.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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.
would love to see more tools available which work within the most common slideware – PowerPoint and Keynote. I That’s because I think it’s much easier for you as a presenter if there’s just one application open on your laptop – rather than having to click between applications during your presentation.
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Monday, November 2, 2009
In my post 10 tools for presenting with Twitter , I lamented that there was no easy-to-use way of posting tweets from within PowerPoint. has now created an add-in for PowerPoint 2004 and 2007 which does just that. Go to Timo’s PowerPoint Twitter page to download the add-in. Timo Elliott of SAPWeb2.0 It’s called AutoTweet .
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Monday, May 18, 2009
With all the recent emphasis on the design of your PowerPoints (Keynote for the Mac), it's time to revisit the fact that your visuals are NOT your presentation. think that the emphasis on PowerPoints (we'll call them PP for brevity) is because 2008 WAS a great year for great design with the publication of Garr Reynolds' book "Presentation Zen" and Nancy Duarte's "slide:ology" (both still best sellers on Amazon.) You and your Point of View are the centerpiece. I
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
There’s a revolution in the design of PowerPoint slides, but not the delivery.
Here are five methods that will make the delivery of your PowerPoint presentation stand out.
Most presenters click on the next slide, and then speak about what’s on the slide. This Most speakers still rely on their slides to cue them. They click, they talk, click, talk, click, talk…
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Friday, January 8, 2010
Working in PowerPoint every day, we’ve learned a few tricks. So when Microsoft asked us to use latest version of PowerPoint to create a cinematic presentation , we couldn’t wait to show off our skills.
(Our We used PowerPoint 2010–and only PowerPoint 2010–to create a short trailer sharing “5 Rules for Creating Great Presentations.” When if comes to software, bells and whistles are great! If you don’t know how to use them.
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
Beyond connecting emotionally, presenters also need to make sense. When presenters pander almost exclusively to emotion , they often woefully neglect the rules of logic. And many presenters grease over logic with a slick style. Their audiences seem seduced by the glamorous design of the presentation -- or the pleasing, Use emotion to connect to your audience. It's important.
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
So what components make for a better rehearsal for your next presentation? Many folks focus relentlessly on rehearsing what I'll call the technical aspects of the presentation: the room, the PowerPoint. But a technical rehearsal is not enough to deliver an outstanding presentation. Practice makes perfect, right? Not really.
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
Presenting with Twitter can be challenging. I’ve written a free eBook “How to present with Twitter (and other backchannels)” to help you avoid that fate. An eBook that every modern presenter and panelist should read.” 8221; Laura Bergells, @maniactive and More than PowerPoint
“Don’t Just about every week a new story of a speaker getting roasted on Twitter makes waves in the blogosphere.
There’s no sign up required.
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
This is Your Brain on PowerPoint. When it comes to experiencing a PowerPoint presentation, there's only so much your brain can process. You can either listen to a presenter speak, or you can try to read what you seen on the screen. And you become irritated with the presenter. That's why we’re experiencing something of a fashion backlash against overly complicated, Our brains have 2 lobes. Loosely speaking, the left handles data, facts, and analysis.
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Research carried out by Stephen Mahar, Ulku Yaylacicegi and Thomas Janicki found that students who were shown an animated PowerPoint slideshow learnt less than those that saw a non-animated slideshow.
When I first read of the research on Science Daily Could PowerPoint presentations be stifling learning? The PowerPoint custom animation they used
I thought that simple, non-distracting animations that brought in slide elements one at a time as I verbally introduced them was helpful. I
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