For example, including this Dilbert strip in a presentation about creating better PowerPoint slides: Related posts: Robbery at Bullet-Point The top four things I learnt from Garr Reynolds’ workshop The lost art of notes ...Tags: Tags: Powerpoin I was reviewing a technical presentation for a client. The topic was the latest dental procedures.

In almost every workshop that I do, someone asks where you can get great photos to use in your presentation. always mention Microsoft’s online library of images that is accessible through PowerPoint, stock photography sites such as istockphoto.com and pictures you take yourself. I Today I’d like to discuss another source that is available free of charge in most cases. Governments have staff who take photographs as part of their jobs, and many times these photos are quite good.

I recently gave a pilot workshop at a large corporation that is considering adopting BBP training on a wide scale. I asked the group where they are with their current PowerPoint approach, and where they would like to be, and they came up with this list: Today, our current approach to PowerPoint is: - Overloading our audiences with too much information - Throwing in everything but the kitchen sink - Just doing a data dump - Usually not communicating a It's interesting that "better graphics" didn't make either list.) In spite of the widespread criticism of PowerPoint

Seth Godin recently posted his Nine steps to Powerpoint magic . Powerpoint is for ideas. I understand that he's suggesting ten minutes for big ideas (your PowerPoint) and "the rest of your time" for talking, interaction and discussion, which I agree should make up the majority of a presentation. Most of the time, I don't even bother with PowerPoint for a presentation that short. Some of his "steps, not rules" are cheeky, like this one: "4. Pay by the word.

Pricey. Speakers, workshops, and panel discussions. More audience eye rolling.) PowerPoint slides, SWAG, and signage litter the landscape: laden with industry logos. (People Tags: PowerPoint Presentation social media PowerPoin It's a Conference. But not like we know it, Jim. The first rule of BarCamp?

This slide was submitted by one of the participants in a workshop - someone just like you who is looking for a way to make their presentations more effective. Just a quick note to let you know that a new Slide Makeover Video Podcast based on the ideas in "The Visual Slide Revolution" is available for your viewing through the iTunes Store, online or through my YouTube channel. Analogies are a great way to help your audience put your point in context because it relates your point to something they are familiar with.

This slide is based on a consulting assignment, but many of the slides are submitted by one of the participants in a workshop - someone just like you who is looking for a way to make their presentations more effective. Just a quick note to let you know that a new Slide Makeover Video Podcast based on the ideas in "The Visual Slide Revolution" is available for your viewing through the iTunes Store, online or through my YouTube channel. If you present a long text list on a slide, it overwhelms the audience and they tune out.

Here is a workshop that may interest you. This workshop will show you how to ritualise and energize your life though engaging with stories – those of your own and of others. This workshop experience will energize you. Related posts: The Halo and the Noose – stories in business life I recently attended the book launch of The Halo and... It is being run by two very good friends of mine, and it promises to be a first-class event. Find the Storyteller inside

Recently I attended a workshop in New York City.  As most workshops go, it was a 2 hour presentation where the presenters offer you information and then hawk their services at the end.  Whenever I know I'm about to sit in on a presentation that will utilize PowerPoint, I get nervous.  I pray that they will wow me with a The hawking was kept to a minimum though, so I was impressed. Not for myself, but for the presenter. 

One of the types of visuals that I review in my workshops is the Venn diagram. Here is an example I show in my workshops. Why might you want to use it in your presentation? A Venn diagram is one of the built-in diagrams in PowerPoint, but I find it usually better to create my own using shapes and text. These diagrams were created in 1881 by John Venn as a way to represent relationships in the branch of mathematics known as set theory. The basic Venn diagram used in presentations shows two partially overlapping shapes, usually circles or ovals, and text to show what belongs