Presentation expert Guy Kawasaki gives out 11 ways on getting a standing ovation from your audience. In the other word, how to get your presentation to a point that audience is loving what you talked and giving you the best recognition you can possibly get: Have something interesting to say Cut the sales pitch Focus on entertaining Understand the…

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…

Craig S. Kaplan has saved his notes on Edward Tufte’s seminar which talks about presentation. He wrote down 14 Presentation Tips which really make sense to deliver a good presentation: Show up early Have a strong opening Use PGP (Particular, General, Particular) with every subtopic Give everyone at least one piece of paper Know your audience Rethink the overhead The audience is…

Chris Campbell over particletree has gathered a bunch of resource links to kill your bullet points abusing habit and spice up your presenations. He has introduced Presentation Zen, one of the favorite sites for lifehack.org as well, and also couple of sites like Powerful Pointers for Presenters and Beyond Bullets – People

The problem we suffer from today, in business and elsewhere, is the use of jargon and consulting BS by people who neither know what they mean precisely, nor expect those they’re speaking to understand them. Indeed, that’s often the point: to use language that you hope makes you sound like an expert before a non-expert audience.

Presentation Zen has analysed two presentation slides from the recent presentation by Bill Gates on Live Platforms. There are couple of interesting obversations plus a bit of comparsion with Steve Jobs’ presentation style: Rule No. 1: Know your message inside out (and backwards) Rule No. 2: Remove barriers to effective communication Design matters, visuals matter…it ALL matters! Don’t rain…

I occasionally gather lots of bloggers and host events for my clients (this is part of blog marketing that works in Japan). After the event, people often tell me I am good at presentations. Although I think I still have lots to improve, here are four tips I would like to share with you all…

Presentation Zen became one of my favorite blogs – It has another detailed post on Steve Jobs’ presentation style. This time Garr has focused on Steve’s style of conversational presentation: … What has always made Steve Jobs such a great presenter is that he seems relaxed and informal in tone and style (yet gracious), as if…

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…

Good Stuff. Over at Presentation Zen, Garr Reynolds narrowed some samples from Steve Jobs’ presentation in Apple event at San Francisco’s Moscone West this month. In addition to listen to his presentation, Garr also observed some examples from Steve’s interaction to the audience and how he used his presentation slides: … Latest quarter fades to darker…

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…