Garr Reynolds, author of Presentationzen, has a list of top 10 tips on his personal site that many people haven’t seen. They’re worth reading.
Top Ten Slide Tips
Top Ten Delivery Tips
Top Ten Organization & Preparation Tips
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I’ve written on this topic before (see the links below), but it’s important enough to cover again. This past weekend I went to a conference. I heard some great content, but a lot of it was either over my head or irrelevant to my needs. From what the audience said (a number were [...] Do you give sales presentations? Perhaps you travel to prospective clients‘ offices and pitch a product or service. You may give webinars online to sell your wares. Another scenario: You invite people to your office and give them a presentation on what you offer. Many products and services are sold via [...] A subscriber recently asked me, “I am currently trying to figure out if it is possible to hover over text and have an image pop up when I hover over the text, like you do on most websites these days. Do you know if this is [...] Story from Karen Carleton, MEd, MS http://ca.linkedin.com/in/karencarleton I was with a consulting company and some hunting outfitters were giving presentations to natural resources board to back up their claims disputing government research that animal populations were dwindling, to maintain their businesses and livelihood (or delay closure of their businesses). One guy (a crazed rogue outfitter who wasn’t even [...] I just found a great article by Sandi Mann in The Guardian, called, “Why do 60% of students find their lectures boring? (Dr. Sandi Mann is senior lecturer in occupational psychology at the University of Central Lancashire in the UK.) You can probably guess what’s coming. “One of the main contributors to student boredom is the [...] I had to share this comment from a discussion going on in the LinkedIn Learning, Education and Training Professionals Group group. There have been many great comments, but I got permission from Dr. William Brantley to share this one: “The worst PowerPoint presentation I ever attended was given by a senior professor in the Education department [...] What do you do when: Your talk goes longer than you expected? Most presentations have a time limit. You’re allowed 20 minutes to speak, let’s say. Here’s a quick tip when you’re in this type of emergency situation. Before every presentation, memorize the last slide number. (This was an idea that someone suggested at [...] A subscriber wrote me, “I have a question to which I have received as many answers as people I have asked: What content goes on the last slide? Do I end with ‘Thank You!,’ ‘Questions/Comments?,’ or “The End?’ No one can say for sure.” It’s a good question, and I realize that I’ve also been guilty [...] During Dave Paradi’s keynote at PPTLive, the audience came up with a list of thought leaders. Here’s the list. In most cases, I’ve linked directly to the blog. Bert Decker Nancy Duarte Carmine Gallow Garr Reynolds Tony Ramos Ethos3 Troy Chollar Ellen Finkelstein (yes, that’s me!) Geetesh Bajaj Tom Peters Steve Rindsberg and let’s not forget Dave Paradi. Here’s a list of organizations that have recommended content: TED Microsoft’s PowerPoint [...] |
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