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Ellen FinkelsteinMy 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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Speaking Pro Central

How to keep your audience’s attention

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 [...]

January 15th, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Resource | %COMMENTS('Leave a comment', 'One comment', '% comments', 'Comments are closed')%

New video lesson on YouTube!

Are you still creating PowerPoint slides with lots of bullets and text? This 4-min. video will revolutionize how you create presentations. You’ll see a makeover, step-by-step, that gets rid of a distracting background and turns a boring, bulleted slide into a clear, image-rich presentation.

January 14th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Design principles | %COMMENTS('Leave a comment', 'One comment', '% comments', 'Comments are closed')%