Per your request we’re launching tips and tricks on our blog to answer some of the most commonly asked questions on storytelling, design, and presentation technologies. We invite you take a look and give us feedback on what interests you. Tags: Video presentaation slideshare.net storytelling tip Have you ever wondered how to tell more engaging visual stories, use color effectively, or to prepare your presentations for slideshare ? Storytelling

So I was happy to get a tip from Thorsten Happel in Germany about this cool remix below called Typefaces Give Us Signals. Watch it below or on Vimeo. Typefaces give us signals from erik spiekermann on Vimeo . Typomania Below is the original video made for the BBC nearly 25 years ago from which the audio clips from  Eric Spiekermann  were remixed to create something more appropriate for our time. I'm a big fan of  Eric Spiekermann (see this older post on Helvetica ). Although elementary, the video below is still good stuff

Whenever I read a top 10 presentation or public speaking tips post, I often find at least one tip that makes me cringe. And I’m not talking about the obviously stupid presentation tips like “Imagine the audience naked” or “Look at the back of the room”. So here’s my list of the top 10 tips presentation tips that you should not follow. 1. Anything starting with “Must”

believe there is. Below are 10 things (plus a bonus tip) that I have learned over the years from designers, things that designers do or know that the rest of us can benefit from. The goal of this activity is to get people thinking about  thinking about design, something most of us never do (it also gets people in the audience talking, loosening up a bit; always a good thing). Most people do not really think about design and designers, let alone think of themselves as designers. But what, if anything, can regular people — teachers, students, business people of all

Those of us who spend a lot of time blogging, crank out hundreds of words to share our our knowledge on the topics with which we are most engaged. Tags: Blogging Content Marketing Knowledge Center News Online Social Media Tips & Mini-Guides Trend You may be wondering why something as seemingly simple as Twitter causes so much confusion and consternation among business people. Perhaps, it best likened to a tool like a hammer which is simultaneously simple and powerful.

20 tips for better conference speaking ~ 16 February 2009 ~ View from on stage as I’m preparing to speak at An Event Apart New Orleans 2008. Edward Tufte’s Presentation Tips . 19. On a pure gut level, I thought Jeffrey Kalmikoff’s recent post on the topic was pretty interesting, too. [link] 2 Aaron Irizarry ~ 16 February 2009 I’ll be straight up with you: I don’t profess to be an expert speaker. I’ve had my share of presentations that have been total flops, along with some very

Here is a photo of a sunrise in Alaska from the NOAA Photo Library listed below (taken by Commander John Bortniak, NOAA Corps). The availability of these photos varies from country to country, and today I’ll use the US government as the example of one that offers a vast collection online. Let’s look at some of the sites and what they offer. Bureau of Land Management ([link] – amazing scenery photos with a search by state and keyword available; includes some photos of people engaged in activities such as white-water rafting; this pages has links to other government photo sites

Steve tells us how to do this; before you step in front of an audience, take a deep breath. The lack of boldness( or even initiative sometimes ) handicaps us and puts our presentations in a lull even before we begin. Why do you think the Olympic games never fail to enchant and inspire us? Photo credits to Neville I

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And now that I am conscious of it, I thought I would post a few tips on the subject: Now that the dust has settled, I can look back on our committee-wrangling experience and realize that we did pretty well on all three of these points, so despite my worry and frustration throughout the process, we still made good choices along the way and eventually brought the whole committee along with us. We recently completed a high-profile product launch presentation for a client. (No, No, it wasn’t the video above, but very similar!)