Posts Tagged ‘powerpoint’

5 Key Questions When Planning Your Presentation (Presentation Masterclass - Part 2)

Let’s just reiterate our starting position here:
MOST PRESENTATIONS SUUUUUUUUUCK!
This happens at all stages of the life-cycle of a presentation, but if your base preparation is below par, then no amount of shiny graphics and animation will save you – sucky foundation, sucky presentation.

To rise above the background noise of a zillion average-to-bad presentations, here are a handful of key questions to… » Continue

April 14 2008 | By Rowan | Tagged: howto, powerpoint, presentation, public_speaking, tutorial | 5 comments»

Presentation Masterclass - Part 1: Introduction

I have been observing, delivering and training people in presentation techniques for over 20 years now and my considered, professional, opinion on the subject is this:

MOST PRESENTATIONS SUUUUUUUUCK!

In almost every sphere of human endeavour, the outcome can be plotted on a bell-curve – a few really skilled people over on the right, a few really hopeless people over on the left and a whole bunch or just-above or just-below average… » Continue

April 3 2008 | By Rowan | Tagged: howto, powerpoint, presentation, public_speaking, tutorial | 15 comments»

13 Tips to Zap Your Butterflies When Speaking in Public

Everyone gets nervous before giving a speech. Unfortunately, the more people in the audience, the more important the speech usually is, making any butterflies in your stomach multiply before you begin. Knowing how to keep yourself calm can make a big difference when giving a speech.

I’m not a world-famous speaker. I’m just an introvert who has managed to train himself to stay calm on stage… » Continue

December 18 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: courage, fear, nervousness, notes, powerpoint, presentation, speaking, student | 14 comments»

15 Tips To Increase Power Point Productivity

TechnoSpot has written about some hidden features and efficiency tips for Microsoft’s Power Point 2007 that should help your next presentation.

Pin Recent Presentations

Its a tiring thing when you have to open you most frequently used slides and you need to pick up manually. You get some of them listed on your recent open file list but again they get over written every time you open another one. So if… » Continue

September 10 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: microsoft, powerpoint | 4 comments»

18 Tips for Killer Presentations

Jerry Seinfeld has a skit where he points out that studies show public speaking is a bigger fear than death. That means, he claims, that if you are going to a funeral you are better off in the casket than doing the eulogy. While there isn’t a lot you can do to melt away your anxiety, a the best start is simply to make a better presentation.

Becoming… » Continue

August 23 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: Communication, powerpoint, presentation, speaking | 36 comments»

Present Like a Rockstar

At Video on the Net in San Jose this past March, I was standing beside Brian Conley, the man behind the popular internet TV show, Alive in Baghdad. Brian’s a slender man, with glasses, and comes off as quiet until you know him. Just before going onstage, he turns to me and says, “Do you think they’ll get mad at me if I kick over the podium?”

Presenting can be… » Continue

May 10 2007 | By Chris | Tagged: Communication, conference, events, planning, powerpoint, presentation | 13 comments»

Smallest Presentation Hack Ever

Ready? Here you go:

Don’t. Read. Your. Dumb. Slides.

Long version:

I’m at a pitchfest of an event, and people have come up one after another doing this basic performance over and over again:

“Hello, my name is _____. I’m the CEO and founder of ShinyNewSite.tv. At ShinyNewSite.tv, we believe in maximizing your efficiency through enhancing your brand and building your… Our mission is…”

What? Hello? Where am I? Oh wait. I… » Continue

May 3 2007 | By Chris | Tagged: Communication, conversation, hacks, Lifehack, powerpoint, presentation | 24 comments»

Zoho Launches ZohoShow

Zoho is a web-based software group who make useful Web 2.0 applications that mimic traditional client-side applications like the stuff inside Microsoft Office. Zoho has been silently building up an empire over on their site for a while now, with four office tools and four productivity tools. Here’s what they’re touting for apps:

Zoho Writer - a word processor.
Zoho Sheet- your spreadsheet online.
Zoho Virtual Office - similar to MS Outlook.
Zoho Show

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June 25 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: officealternatives, powerpoint, presentation, smallbiz, software, web2.0, zohoshow | 1 comment»

Considering Presentations

Tomorrow, I will stand in a room of people at Bar Camp Boston and talk about content networks. The audience will be primarily really technical people, who know more about networking, hacking, developing, engineering, and everything than me. They will be looking at me with eyes that all engineering crowds give me at presentations: “Who are you? What do you know? How can this be useful to me?”

I… » Continue

June 2 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: powerpoint, presentation, presenting, storytelling | 14 comments»

Presentation Hack: Flickr Backup

Imagine the scene: you’re at a conference, about to present on the latest application your company is proud to offer, and moments before going onstage, you realize you’ve left the usb drive with the presentation in your other bag. You’ve got nothing. Your backup copy isn’t handy. Whatever the case. Or… maybe you just don’t want to travel with all kinds of gear.

Use Flickr.

(This presumes that you have… » Continue

May 22 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: flickr, hacks, photo, photography, powerpoint, presentation | 8 comments»

The 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint

Presentation Guru Guy Kawasaki introduces a rule called 10/20/30 PowerPoint rule in one of his recent blog posts. What is it? He describes, “a PowerPoint presentation should have ten slides, last no more than twenty minutes, and contain no font smaller than thirty points.” He mentions this is extremely important rule to follow when you present your startup idea to venture capitalist, but it can also apply to any presentation… » Continue

January 3 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: agreement, entrepreneurship, powerpoint, presentation | no comments»

Extensive Study on Visual Presentation Support

On the topic of presentation, we have talked a lot about how to use visual presentation aid such as powerpoint to assist your presentation - what you should, or shouldn’t do. Come to think of it, they are pretty good, but they are not extensive enough compared to the piece I am going to introduce. Over at sooper powerpointless, they have a great link to Till Voswinckel’s… » Continue

October 11 2005 | By Leon | Tagged: powerpoint, presentation, visual | no comments»

12 Tips for Creating Better Presentations

Stephanie Krieger, a Document Production Expert has posted an article for creating better presentation, focused on presentation slide production with Powerpoint. She talked about three main areas with four tips on each area to improve the slides in style. They are: Clearly Communicate Your Information; Grab the Viewer’s Attention; and Stay in Control of Your Presentations:

You have a presentation to create. It’s important. But, formatting diagrams can take forever and… » Continue

September 7 2005 | By Leon | Tagged: Communication, powerpoint, presentation, slide, tips | no comments»