About me  My goal is to help you succeed when you present by giving you knowledge. I'm passionate about turning Death by PowerPoint into Life by PowerPoint. You'll find free tips, techniques, articles, and tutorials here. At the E-store find books and courses to aid you in becoming a great presenter. On my About page, learn more about consulting, workshops, training, webinars, and coaching on presentation skills and PowerPoint.
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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 recently read two books on speaking and thought I’d review them together. TJ Walker’s Secret to Foolproof Presentations was sent to me by the Jess Todtfeld, complete with a sticker that says, “Autographed by the author.” My understanding is that Jess and TJ are partners and the book cover includes “with Jess Todtfeld” under [...]
Chris Atherton (and more about her here) has a great blog post on how to give a presentation that keeps your audience’s attention. It’s from the angle of student presentations (she’s a college lecturer), but the points apply to any presenter.
Dr. Atherton’s research
Dr. Atherton also did research comparing slides with significant bulleted text and those [...]
Geetesh Bajaj of Indezine, the most visited PowerPoint site in the world (maybe excepting for Microsoft), has posted a conversation he had with me here about the Campaign Against Death by PowerPoint.
In the conversation, Geetesh asked me how the campaign got started and what I hope to achieve, as well as how the Invitation works.
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The press release for the Campaign Against Death by PowerPoint is now online! According to PrWeb statistics, it received 647 full-page reads in the first day. For more information on the campaign, and to learn how you can participate, go to www.tellnshow.com.
I created a short video explaining the Campaign Against Death by PowerPoint. Let me know what you think!
Anyone can now download the beta of Office 2010 at http://office.com/beta. It includes Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, OneNote, Access, Publisher, InfoPath, SharePoint Workspace, and Communicator! Microsoft suggests downloading it on a secondary PC. Remember that betas, even a thoroughly tested one like this, can crash and have bugs. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions are available. [...]
My new Campaign Against Death by PowerPoint aims to improve presentations skills and reduce the suffering of audiences. Instead of waiting for presenters to wake up and read the good advice of presentation experts, I want to harness the audience. The campaign lets the audience fight backāand help presenters.
To do your part, take 4 simple [...]
101 Advanced Techniques Every PowerPoint User Should Know
After more than a year of work, I’ve finally finished a new ebook, 101 Advanced Techniques that Every PowerPoint User Should Know, that puts together so much of the advanced PowerPoint techniques I’ve learned and used. Many I’ve collected from my website, but about 10% are new, [...]
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