The Freesound Project is a web site that collects sounds and sound effects (not music) that are available under Creative Commons licensing, and therefore free and legal for anyone to use. It’s also a community; you can register and upload your own sounds for sharing. At the top right, enter a term in the Search […]
Archives for January 2010
Winning entry in the Shadows contest
In my blog post, “Add drama with PowerPoint 2007’s shadows,” I had a contest for the best 3 entries. I got permission to show you the entry of the 1st place winner, John Sanders, so here it is. John says, “In the Education Department of WA Performance Management process we suggest that the staff member […]
Improve your slide design by trying layout variations
In my “Create an Outstanding Presentation” workshops and self-study course, I teach four layouts that always look good. I taught them again recently in a presentation skills class for college students. I find that many presenters who create their own slides struggle with slide design. Not being artists, their efforts are clunky. They usually know […]
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 […]
New webinars based on your requests!
A couple of months ago, many of you responded to my survey asking what type of resources you wanted. It was clear from the answers that certain topics were most valuable to you, so I’ve created 5 webinars on those topics. Moreover, you can get all 5 for the price of 4, which is $98. […]