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PowerPoint Design in 2009: Develop visual thinking skills

January 16, 2009

This is the second post in the series guiding you through the 40 contributions to “PowerPoint Design in 2009″. In the first post I explored the issue “Does Design Matter?”. And here are the links to the PowerPoint Design in 2009 resources: A list of all the blogposts with a one or two sentence summary [...]

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PowerPoint Slide Design: Does Design Matter?

January 13, 2009

I asked a number of number of experts on powerpoint slide design for their thoughts on whether design matters. There were definite opposing view points. PowerPoint slide design doesn’t matter Andrew Lightheart: In terms of impact, slides have as much impact as the the fonts and the layout of a document. Dave Paradi believes that [...]

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3 reasons to use less stock photos in your presentations

January 9, 2009

Here’s what I would like to see in PowerPoint slide design in 2009 – less stock photos of people. I’m guilty too. Last year I loved istockphoto. It saved me so much time. I loved recommending it to our course participants and showing them how quickly they could find the photo they wanted. My New [...]

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How to do an agenda slide like Garr Reynolds

December 24, 2008

Garr Reynolds’ slides from his recent webcast are now online. Garr has an innovative agenda slide. He’s transformed what is normally a boring bullet-point slide into something beautiful and effective. Check out slides 7 to 12 for the agenda slide sequence: Slides (in PDF) from Safari Webcast View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: [...]

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A critique of Malcolm Gladwell

December 4, 2008

Garr Reynolds from Presentation Zen has highlighted several presentations from Malcolm Gladwell. Malcolm Gladwell is a master storyteller in his books. He carries that through in his presentations. Watch the video – then read my analysis below for what you can learn from Malcolm Gladwell and his presentation style. What Gladwell did well So what [...]

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5 steps to effective Powerpoint Presentations

November 25, 2008

Stepcase Lifehack just published a blogpost on tips for more effective PowerPoint presentations. I was surprised to see some outdated and unhelpful advice. Here are my five steps to create an effective PowerPoint presentation. I’ve written about many of these steps before, so I’ve provided links to more detailed posts if you’d like more information. [...]

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Are you stuck within the Overhead Projector Paradigm?

November 22, 2008

In the days of overhead projectors, we’d slide a piece of paper down the transparency to reveal information step-by-step. That’s the Overhead Projector Paradigm. When you’re stuck in this paradigm, you’re not using the full power of PowerPoint. What are the signs that you’re stuck in the Overhead Projector Paradigm? You bring on elements one-by-one [...]

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5 ways bullet-point slides damage your brand

November 16, 2008

Your presentation style is part of your personal brand. If you’re still clinging to bullet-point slides, it doesn’t matter how dynamic you are as a presenter, your personal brand will be damaged. That’s because when you use bullet-laden slides in your presentation, your audience will make five decisions about you and your presentation: 1. This [...]

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The 3 steps to creating a PowerPoint Diagram

October 7, 2008

When you see that a diagram might be useful to explain the concept you’re talking about – don’t go straight to PowerPoint. Doing this is as bad as trying to design your whole presentation in PowerPoint. Two things can happen: You try and squish your concept into an unsuitable diagram type. You get caught up [...]