I recently got a call from a woman—let's call her Sally—who sought my help to create a PowerPoint presentation as part of her senior thesis. Sally's biggest stumbling block was finding images to represent the topic of her presentation, the challenges of teaching English to non-native speakers … [Read more...] about Great PowerPoint presentations start with the words
Cheating Death by PowerPoint: Graphs as Infographics
Cheating Death by PowerPoint: Animation
PowerPoint Design Gets Set Back 20 Years
Last week, the New York Times published an article about creating and editing PowerPoint presentations on mobile devices (such as iPhone, Blackberry, and Android smart phones, and iPads) using an app called Documents to Go. Reading it sent shivers down my spine — not the good kind — because this … [Read more...] about PowerPoint Design Gets Set Back 20 Years
Cheating Death by PowerPoint: Analyze and Synthesize
Are your PowerPoint slides full of text? Well, guess what, your audience is going to have a hard time dealing with that. So don't make them work so hard to understand your message! The more focused you can make your slides and the less text you use on each one, the better your audience will retain … [Read more...] about Cheating Death by PowerPoint: Analyze and Synthesize
Five Ways to Be a Bad Presenter
The other night, I attended a meeting that featured a keynote presentation on the subject of increasing sales. The speaker, John McConnell (not his real name, what do you think I am, crazy?), has been a sales consultant to hundreds of companies for over a decade, so he knows what he's talking about. … [Read more...] about Five Ways to Be a Bad Presenter
Recent Projects: Eloqua Keynote
Every once in a while I get a tremendous referral that really makes my month. This happened in September, when my husband's former boss asked him if I might be available to edit the keynote presentation for the CEO of the company she now works for, Eloqua. Since I just love making PowerPoint do my … [Read more...] about Recent Projects: Eloqua Keynote