August 2010
13 posts
My Presentations
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My Super Easy Contingency Plan If Sh*t Goes...
At my last job I was asked to give a 30-min social media talk to a small group of people.
The feedback was positive and feeling overly confident I said to my boss: “Ya, you know this talk should really be 3-hours, there’s just so much stuff to cover”. A few months later it happened, he took me up on my offer.
This was going to be the first time that I spoke in front of an...
General Stuff
Using Props or Small Animals
Just like using bullets points, animations and sparkling little bits in your slides overdoing prop is just not cool.
If it adds to your story then use it.
Where you’re done, put it away.
Here’s a great presentation from Seth Godin showing just the right amount of prop use.
and the use of small animals should be avoided at all cost.
A Super Sneaky...
5 Slides From Experts That Are Easy To Model
1. I Don’t Get No Respect Designed by: Owen Shifflett http://www.owenshifflett.com
I think this opening slide is nothing short of genius.
The big bold headline, the highlighting ‘SPEC’ (short for speculative work) are really impactful. And my favorite, if you look closely in the background you’ll notice legendary comedian Rodney Dangerfield who was famous for his...
Presenters Who Are Amazingly Good
More Tips
Slide:ology by Nancy Duarte |Book Brief
Made To Stick: Presentations That Stick
1. Be Simple 2. Show something 3. Tease before you tell
How Long Should You Spend Designing Your...
Nancy Duarte who wrote slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations says the effort required for superior presentations is 36-90-hours for a 30-slide 1-hour presentation.
I totally agree.
Putting together 90-min presentations has often taken me all week and its paid off in big ways.
Putting in the extra time means you’re going to have a presentation that will move and...
How to Get Thousands of People To Watch Your...
Having great content and a well designed presentation is obviously the key, but even the best stuff doesn’t always get seen without a little extra effort promoting it.
Here’s a few things you can do:
Upload Your Presentation To slideshare.net
It’s like the YouTube of PowerPoint and Keynote files and it’s full of smart people who love sharing great work.
Suggest Your...
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Design Tips
Use High-Resolution Images
The bigger the better!
Most presentations using Keynote or PowerPoint are 800 x 600 pixels.
So picking an image around this size means you’ll get no pixelation.
What To Do About Low Res Images
Using Rulers for Perfect Alignment
At a quick glance this slide looks ok:
But it’s not. The alignment is all off on the title which will be...