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How to tell a story like Malcolm Gladwell

December 20, 2008

I bought Outliers two days ago. And though I’m familiar with many of the stories that Gladwell tells I’m still entranced. They work on the printed page and they’ll also work for you in a presentation. How does he do it? Here’s my analysis of Gladwell’s storytelling techniques - illustrated by Chapter Five of the [...]

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The PowerPoint Revolution hasn’t gone far enough

August 13, 2008

We’re in the midst of a PowerPoint revolution as more and more people take on the ideas of Cliff Atkinson and Garr Reynolds. That’s great – countless people are being saved from death by bullet-point. But many presenters still see PowerPoint as a visual aid, as an adjunct to their presentation. A take-it or leave-it [...]

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Don’t forget the word-pictures

May 19, 2008

Many of my previous posts have been about adding a visual element to your presentations. But you don’t have to do this literally – you can also do it by triggering images in the minds of your audience. I first learnt this about 15 years ago when I was presenting with an overhead projector. I [...]