Archive for October, 2008
Guy Kawasaki on the importance of practice
“it takes giving a speech at least twenty times to get decent at it. You can give it nineteen times to your dog if you like, but it takes practice and repetition.”
- Guy Kawasaki
(from his post “How to Get a Standing Ovation” Jan. 18, 2006 on his How to Change the World blog)
Posted: October 18th, 2008 under Quotes on Presenting.
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A periodic table of presenting information visually
If you’re ever stuck thinking of ways to communicate information visually, then bookmark the Periodic Table of Visualization Methods. All you do is mouse-over one of the squares on the table and you’re presented with a visual sample of how you can organize materials.
And because the table is from the Visual Literacy group, it’s [...]
Posted: October 14th, 2008 under Online Resources, Visual Aids.
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PowerPointless Tip #1 – The narrator
I was at a presentation recently where the amount of material on the slides and the paucity of information in the presentation itself were such that the person was nothing more than a narrator for the slide show.
Slides and multimedia are there to enhance your information. If everything you have to say is up [...]
Posted: October 4th, 2008 under Power Point, Visual Aids, Vocal Delivery.
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