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A few years ago, in an all-hands meeting at my former company, my CEO asked the entire team to suggest ideas on how to get us to our Q1 goal. I was excited to share my ideas with him, and after I did, he responded enthusiastically: “Great! MORE
One way to do this is to think BIG, both in terms of your concepts and your visuals. Big ideas help to inspire people. How to think big in terms of ideas. In terms of ideas, connect: The local to the universal. How to portray big concepts visually. MORE
Great headlines go directly to the point of your content, instantly sowing an idea in your audience’s mind and convincing them to listen on.… … Message Visuals Elsewhere on the Web Headlines Making it Memorable Presentation Design Visual Aids MORE
Nancy Duarte’s latest work, resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences is such a book. It introduces some important ideas on which Nancy elaborates in subsequent chapters. We have no idea just how far the ripples will spread. MORE
Exercise: Visualizing your message to create a change Recently, I have shown this video below to students and trainees. I asked them to think of ways they can make that message more visual and memorable. No one expected a visualization like that. MORE
You could even leave out the text at the bottom for more impact and just speak out the ideas. Backgrounds Images Slide layout graphics how to use images images impact improve slide design photos PowerPoint slide design visual ways to use images MORE
It breaks down the key information in an easy-to-digest manner and complements text with visuals for instant comprehension. Visualizations facilitate the viewer analysis, so that incoming information can be readily transformed into insight. MORE
Is it ever a good idea to copy/paste text and tables directly out of a publication? In Dr Oliver Hauss’s previous article, he pointed out the dangerous lure of simply reusing slides and, especially, visuals premade for scientific print publications or slide documents. MORE
There is little point getting hung up on the idea that you need to talk like a TED presenter as that type of presenting may not be relevant to your situation.… … Bitesize Visuals Using Images Visual Aids Visual Language MORE
The term multimedia literacy and visual literacy encompass many things and borrow from many disciplines. But an understanding of the principles and techniques and "rules" found in the broad field of visual communication are the thing of real and lasting value. MORE
April 12, 2011 Posts Comments The Speaker Point Helping you master public speaking and communication skills Home Delivery Speech Analysis Making Money Preparation Reviews About The Power of Visual Information February 2, 2011 By Alex Cequea View Comments We live in information overload. Great communicators inspire audiences with their clear vision and ideas. Today’s advances in graphic design means we can clarify messages through visual information. MORE
I have been talking recently to more and more clients about how to get away from text or number filled presentation slides and move towards using visuals to represent the ideas we are sharing. Today's tip is a web based resource that can help stimulate your thinking about what visual could represent the point you are making. The web site is a project from some academics who are studying ways to represent concepts visually and it is an interesting site. MORE
Say It With Charts: The Executive’s Guide to Visual Communication. audiovisual books PowerPoint visual aids charts public speaking visual communicationGene Zelazny. MORE
There is an art to finding visuals that support your message. Hours can be wasted searching online image libraries and copying images from google is a big no. MORE
We recently featured an article with great ideas for designing your own presentations – all made so easy nowadays with the vast range of software available. … Visuals Design Principles featured Presentation Design Presentation Industry Visual Aids Visual Language MORE
Luckily, the Rauch leaders were open to new ideas and suggested an RSA-style animation. After the script and voiceover were completed, a team of Duarte designers and producers created visuals to accompany the script and produced a video showing the animation. MORE
This past week I created a new definition of a visual slide that captures where my position is different from some others. Here is my definition: "A visual slide is not the absence of text; it is the presence of a visual that encourages a conversation with the audience." Now some people have stated that PowerPoint slides should never have text on them - visuals only. A visual is not of value simply because there is no text on the slide. MORE
That means rehearsing your dialogue, practising your nonverbals , knowing your subject matter inside and out, and having solid visuals to guide your audience along.… (This article contains affiliate links). MORE
visual cues) used instead of, or in addition to, words make information clearer, easier to access and more memorable. That bias can be fed by many forms of visual stimulation – pictures, illustrations, charts, graphs, diagrams, maps, cartoons. MORE
Every year when I speak at and attend the Presentation Summit conference I come back with great ideas from other presentation experts that I can adapt or use in my own presentations. Lauderdale, FL and in this article I want to share three ideas I picked up at the conference. MORE
Iqbal Quadir, microcredit pioneer with GrameenBank to create GrameenPhone, had a great idea. Plainly, a great man with a great idea. He talks about the history of the idea rather than what’s in it for the audience. They talk about how the idea occurred to them, or developed through time, or evolved. We want to know why the idea matters to us, and how we can use it. MORE
These pieces of visual humor are seen in newspapers and magazines in most areas of the world. If you want to use the cartoon or comic strip in a visual, you may need permission from the artist or copyright owner. It may take what seems to be forever (4-6 seconds) for the idea to sink in. Other forms of visual humor that transcend most cultural barriers are juggling and magic. MORE
I had the privilege of spending two full days with a handful of widely revered visual thinkers. When we met up at the VizThink conference in February this year Tom Wujec pulled us together to see if we wanted to help him communicate the value of visual thinking to a broader community. MORE
These pieces of visual humor are seen in newspapers and magazines in most areas of the world. If you want to use the cartoon or comic strip in a visual, you may need permission from the artist or copyright owner. It may take what seems to be forever (4-6 seconds) for the idea to sink in. Other forms of visual humor that transcend most cultural barriers are juggling and magic. MORE
Many years ago I began pointing to the presentation style of Steve Jobs as a good example of how to present with visuals on a large stage. Even his visuals were better than the usual cluttered and bullet-point filled slides, though they still had a ways to go (pics). MORE
While we have an entire section dedicated to connecting with your audience, when it comes to helping them understand intricate ideas and concepts, things can get a bit tricky. Albert Einstein once said, ‘If you can’t explain it to a six-year-old, you don’t understand it yourself.” MORE
Using A Visual Aid During Presentations “You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere.” Source: Using A Visual Aid During Presentations | Presentation Training Institute … Bitesize MORE
Duarte had the distinct pleasure of working with bestselling author Michael Pollan to turn his ideas about sustainability and food systems into a visual presentation for the PopTech conference last month. You can see Michael speak sans visuals here and here. MORE
One idea that had been suggested to me before I started the survey and has been backed up by a strong showing in the survey what the topic of transforming text heavy slide sinto more visual slides. It seems that many people want to have more visual slides but aren't sure how to go about doing it. It is called "Transforming Text Slides into Visual Slides" and shows over 35 slide examples and explains how to create visual slides in 15 different presentation situations. MORE
The video presentations are not perfect, but many of them may give you some ideas for changing the way you present your supporting visuals in your talks aided by slideware. Still, it is an interesting example and may provoke some ideas. MORE
One of the clichés I hear all the time in defense of slides, or in support of adding something visual to a presentation, is the claim that “I’m a visual learner.” Back in the last century, a bit of pop science proclaimed that there are visual, aural, and kinesthetic learners, and each needed to be catered to. A great deal of bad pedagogy, not to mention visual aids, has been the result. Just mostly visual. MORE
There are no surplus words, no surplus ideas, and no time is wasted in reading it. Of particular value are the sections on how to put together high quality visuals. The guide gets full marks as an all round primer, with specific focus on presentation visuals. MORE
Too many people take data visualization for granted and almost always opt for the bare minimum approach. ” Data visualization isn’t just the process of slapping on a few charts. ” “ How am I going to visualize the purpose in the best way possible?” MORE
Perhaps because Hitchcock began his career working in silent films, the visual mattered more than anything else in his films. Throughout his career, Hitchcock continued to believe in cinema as a visual medium," says curator Mark Duguid. In this sense visual storytelling is 1+1=3 (or. MORE
A beautifully designed template enhances the professionalism and performance of presentations, whether you are pitching investors, presenting ideas to colleagues or making a sales pitch to your target customers. MORE
One response came from Gail Colborne Gustin , who said " Have the opportunity to work more with visual aids. There's a lot about speaking that scares people, and if you're not familiar with visual aids--from slides to props--you can certainly imagine what might go wrong. MORE
These pieces of visual humor are seen in newspapers and magazines in most areas of the world. If you want to use the cartoon or comic strip in a visual, you may need permission from the artist or copyright owner. MORE
We are in the midst of a “Visual Thinking Revolution” and leaders in all types of organizations are embracing visual thinking as a literacy of the future. Wide adoption of touch screen tablets and accompanying apps enable easy, real-time, visual capture and sharing of ideas. MORE
Even though television is a visual medium, I don''t find most commercials as visually compelling as they could be. There''s also very little originality in how most advertisers are telling and selling their stories. This one caught my eye, however, and I bet you can guess why. MORE
You don’t need to be a PowerPoint expert to create effective visual aids. I have built on the ideas that David explains in his video and added my own beliefs.… … Visuals featured PowerPoint Presentation Design Slide Design Slide Makeover Visual Aids MORE
Distance Yourself From a Bad Idea There might be times when you want to persuade your audience to change. When presenting, you can use this to your advantage by placing bad ideas, the status quo or the past on your right side. MORE
Reusing our 100% editable PowerPoint diagrams and slides can help to save many hours of work per week while you can produce visually appealing presentations. This free SWOT slide can help you to make visually appealing marketing presentations that delight your audience. MORE
Dianna Cohen does a good job — with no notes at all — of delivering her story in sync with the visuals. She also does a good job of positioning herself right next to the screen so that both the graphics and she are in the viewer's visual frame. Above: Examples of high-impact visuals. MORE
If you are in sales or pitching, he has some fantastic ideas for you. In this blog, as part of my occasional “How to…” series, I want to build on and expand his ideas and reflect on the use of video more generally.… … Technology Visuals featured Video MORE
Duarte Blog
OCTOBER 1, 2019
A few years ago, in an all-hands meeting at my former company, my CEO asked the entire team to suggest ideas on how to get us to our Q1 goal. I was excited to share my ideas with him, and after I did, he responded enthusiastically: “Great!
Presentation Guru
JUNE 22, 2020
You don’t need to be a PowerPoint expert to create effective visual aids. I have built on the ideas that David explains in his video and added my own beliefs.… … Visuals featured PowerPoint Presentation Design Slide Design Slide Makeover Visual Aids
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Presentation Guru
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
That means rehearsing your dialogue, practising your nonverbals , knowing your subject matter inside and out, and having solid visuals to guide your audience along.… (This article contains affiliate links).
Manner of Speaking
FEBRUARY 26, 2011
Nancy Duarte’s latest work, resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences is such a book. It introduces some important ideas on which Nancy elaborates in subsequent chapters. We have no idea just how far the ripples will spread.
PowerPoint Tips
OCTOBER 29, 2017
Too many people take data visualization for granted and almost always opt for the bare minimum approach. ” Data visualization isn’t just the process of slapping on a few charts. ” “ How am I going to visualize the purpose in the best way possible?”
Professionally Speaking...
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
visual cues) used instead of, or in addition to, words make information clearer, easier to access and more memorable. That bias can be fed by many forms of visual stimulation – pictures, illustrations, charts, graphs, diagrams, maps, cartoons.
Presentation Guru
JANUARY 17, 2017
There is an art to finding visuals that support your message. Hours can be wasted searching online image libraries and copying images from google is a big no.
The Speaker Point
FEBRUARY 2, 2011
April 12, 2011 Posts Comments The Speaker Point Helping you master public speaking and communication skills Home Delivery Speech Analysis Making Money Preparation Reviews About The Power of Visual Information February 2, 2011 By Alex Cequea View Comments We live in information overload. Great communicators inspire audiences with their clear vision and ideas. Today’s advances in graphic design means we can clarify messages through visual information.
Speak Schmeak
FEBRUARY 26, 2014
Even though television is a visual medium, I don''t find most commercials as visually compelling as they could be. There''s also very little originality in how most advertisers are telling and selling their stories. This one caught my eye, however, and I bet you can guess why.
Public Speaking Advice and Commentary
JULY 23, 2012
One of the clichés I hear all the time in defense of slides, or in support of adding something visual to a presentation, is the claim that “I’m a visual learner.” Back in the last century, a bit of pop science proclaimed that there are visual, aural, and kinesthetic learners, and each needed to be catered to. A great deal of bad pedagogy, not to mention visual aids, has been the result. Just mostly visual.
Presentation Guru
SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
Using A Visual Aid During Presentations “You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere.” Source: Using A Visual Aid During Presentations | Presentation Training Institute … Bitesize
Presentation Zen
JANUARY 11, 2013
Perhaps because Hitchcock began his career working in silent films, the visual mattered more than anything else in his films. Throughout his career, Hitchcock continued to believe in cinema as a visual medium," says curator Mark Duguid. In this sense visual storytelling is 1+1=3 (or.
SlideModel
AUGUST 30, 2015
Reusing our 100% editable PowerPoint diagrams and slides can help to save many hours of work per week while you can produce visually appealing presentations. This free SWOT slide can help you to make visually appealing marketing presentations that delight your audience.
Presentation Guru
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
We recently featured an article with great ideas for designing your own presentations – all made so easy nowadays with the vast range of software available. … Visuals Design Principles featured Presentation Design Presentation Industry Visual Aids Visual Language
PowerPoint Tips
NOVEMBER 3, 2019
One way to do this is to think BIG, both in terms of your concepts and your visuals. Big ideas help to inspire people. How to think big in terms of ideas. In terms of ideas, connect: The local to the universal. How to portray big concepts visually.
Presentation Zen
JANUARY 28, 2013
The term multimedia literacy and visual literacy encompass many things and borrow from many disciplines. But an understanding of the principles and techniques and "rules" found in the broad field of visual communication are the thing of real and lasting value.
Duarte Blog
FEBRUARY 15, 2012
Luckily, the Rauch leaders were open to new ideas and suggested an RSA-style animation. After the script and voiceover were completed, a team of Duarte designers and producers created visuals to accompany the script and produced a video showing the animation.
Duarte Blog
MAY 8, 2009
I had the privilege of spending two full days with a handful of widely revered visual thinkers. When we met up at the VizThink conference in February this year Tom Wujec pulled us together to see if we wanted to help him communicate the value of visual thinking to a broader community.
The Eloquent Woman
FEBRUARY 3, 2011
One response came from Gail Colborne Gustin , who said " Have the opportunity to work more with visual aids. There's a lot about speaking that scares people, and if you're not familiar with visual aids--from slides to props--you can certainly imagine what might go wrong.
Dave Paradi's PowerPoint Blog
MARCH 20, 2007
I have been talking recently to more and more clients about how to get away from text or number filled presentation slides and move towards using visuals to represent the ideas we are sharing. Today's tip is a web based resource that can help stimulate your thinking about what visual could represent the point you are making. The web site is a project from some academics who are studying ways to represent concepts visually and it is an interesting site.
Presentation Zen
APRIL 27, 2010
Exercise: Visualizing your message to create a change Recently, I have shown this video below to students and trainees. I asked them to think of ways they can make that message more visual and memorable. No one expected a visualization like that.
Presentation Zen
OCTOBER 25, 2010
Dianna Cohen does a good job — with no notes at all — of delivering her story in sync with the visuals. She also does a good job of positioning herself right next to the screen so that both the graphics and she are in the viewer's visual frame. Above: Examples of high-impact visuals.
The Presenter's Blog
MARCH 22, 2013
There are no surplus words, no surplus ideas, and no time is wasted in reading it. Of particular value are the sections on how to put together high quality visuals. The guide gets full marks as an all round primer, with specific focus on presentation visuals.
Presentation Zen
APRIL 11, 2009
The video presentations are not perfect, but many of them may give you some ideas for changing the way you present your supporting visuals in your talks aided by slideware. Still, it is an interesting example and may provoke some ideas.
Great Public Speaking
JUNE 29, 2011
These pieces of visual humor are seen in newspapers and magazines in most areas of the world. If you want to use the cartoon or comic strip in a visual, you may need permission from the artist or copyright owner.
Presentation Zen
AUGUST 11, 2010
Many years ago I began pointing to the presentation style of Steve Jobs as a good example of how to present with visuals on a large stage. Even his visuals were better than the usual cluttered and bullet-point filled slides, though they still had a ways to go (pics).
Pivotal Public Speaking
OCTOBER 11, 2012
Say It With Charts: The Executive’s Guide to Visual Communication. audiovisual books PowerPoint visual aids charts public speaking visual communicationGene Zelazny.
Duarte Blog
NOVEMBER 12, 2009
Duarte had the distinct pleasure of working with bestselling author Michael Pollan to turn his ideas about sustainability and food systems into a visual presentation for the PopTech conference last month. You can see Michael speak sans visuals here and here.
Presentation Guru
MARCH 13, 2018
Is it ever a good idea to copy/paste text and tables directly out of a publication? In Dr Oliver Hauss’s previous article, he pointed out the dangerous lure of simply reusing slides and, especially, visuals premade for scientific print publications or slide documents.
Executive Speech Coach
NOVEMBER 6, 2014
Distance Yourself From a Bad Idea There might be times when you want to persuade your audience to change. When presenting, you can use this to your advantage by placing bad ideas, the status quo or the past on your right side.
Public Speaking Advice and Commentary
APRIL 20, 2010
Iqbal Quadir, microcredit pioneer with GrameenBank to create GrameenPhone, had a great idea. Plainly, a great man with a great idea. He talks about the history of the idea rather than what’s in it for the audience. They talk about how the idea occurred to them, or developed through time, or evolved. We want to know why the idea matters to us, and how we can use it.
Presentation Guru
OCTOBER 3, 2019
If you are in sales or pitching, he has some fantastic ideas for you. In this blog, as part of my occasional “How to…” series, I want to build on and expand his ideas and reflect on the use of video more generally.… … Technology Visuals featured Video
Dave Paradi's PowerPoint Blog
OCTOBER 15, 2013
Every year when I speak at and attend the Presentation Summit conference I come back with great ideas from other presentation experts that I can adapt or use in my own presentations. Lauderdale, FL and in this article I want to share three ideas I picked up at the conference.
Great Public Speaking
APRIL 1, 2011
These pieces of visual humor are seen in newspapers and magazines in most areas of the world. If you want to use the cartoon or comic strip in a visual, you may need permission from the artist or copyright owner. It may take what seems to be forever (4-6 seconds) for the idea to sink in. Other forms of visual humor that transcend most cultural barriers are juggling and magic.
Great Public Speaking
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
These pieces of visual humor are seen in newspapers and magazines in most areas of the world. If you want to use the cartoon or comic strip in a visual, you may need permission from the artist or copyright owner. It may take what seems to be forever (4-6 seconds) for the idea to sink in. Other forms of visual humor that transcend most cultural barriers are juggling and magic.
Duarte Blog
FEBRUARY 9, 2012
We are in the midst of a “Visual Thinking Revolution” and leaders in all types of organizations are embracing visual thinking as a literacy of the future. Wide adoption of touch screen tablets and accompanying apps enable easy, real-time, visual capture and sharing of ideas.
Presentation Guru
MAY 31, 2018
Great headlines go directly to the point of your content, instantly sowing an idea in your audience’s mind and convincing them to listen on.… … Message Visuals Elsewhere on the Web Headlines Making it Memorable Presentation Design Visual Aids
Dave Paradi's PowerPoint Blog
NOVEMBER 17, 2006
One idea that had been suggested to me before I started the survey and has been backed up by a strong showing in the survey what the topic of transforming text heavy slide sinto more visual slides. It seems that many people want to have more visual slides but aren't sure how to go about doing it. It is called "Transforming Text Slides into Visual Slides" and shows over 35 slide examples and explains how to create visual slides in 15 different presentation situations.
PowerPoint Tips
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
You could even leave out the text at the bottom for more impact and just speak out the ideas. Backgrounds Images Slide layout graphics how to use images images impact improve slide design photos PowerPoint slide design visual ways to use images
Presentation Guru
JANUARY 25, 2018
A beautifully designed template enhances the professionalism and performance of presentations, whether you are pitching investors, presenting ideas to colleagues or making a sales pitch to your target customers.
SlideModel
JULY 25, 2019
It breaks down the key information in an easy-to-digest manner and complements text with visuals for instant comprehension. Visualizations facilitate the viewer analysis, so that incoming information can be readily transformed into insight.
Dave Paradi's PowerPoint Blog
OCTOBER 16, 2007
This past week I created a new definition of a visual slide that captures where my position is different from some others. Here is my definition: "A visual slide is not the absence of text; it is the presence of a visual that encourages a conversation with the audience." Now some people have stated that PowerPoint slides should never have text on them - visuals only. A visual is not of value simply because there is no text on the slide.
Presentation Guru
JANUARY 24, 2017
While we have an entire section dedicated to connecting with your audience, when it comes to helping them understand intricate ideas and concepts, things can get a bit tricky. Albert Einstein once said, ‘If you can’t explain it to a six-year-old, you don’t understand it yourself.”
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