Only one of the following statements is true. Do you know which one?
In this article, we identify scenarios where a full script is warranted or where memorization is advisable. For all your speaking scenarios in the middle, we discuss 21 tips for using notes effectively.
Last week, we published a list of the Top 35 Presentation Books based on expert ratings.
As my daughter looked at that article over my shoulder, I began thinking about the books I like reading to her the most. How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss is definitely a favorite this time of year.
Inspired by the good Dr. Seuss (and since it has been too long since the 12 Days of Public Speaking Christmas), I offer this PowerPoint parody to you. I hope you enjoy it.
Quick… think back to the last slide presentation you attended.
If you are nodding to that last question (and most people reading this will be), you already know that most slide titles are pretty mundane: they are quickly written and quickly forgotten.
It doesn’t have to be that way. Slide titles can help communicate your message, and set the context of the slide for your audience.
In this article, we discuss five simple guidelines you can use to quickly improve your slides, and see how these guidelines apply to slide examples.
How many slides would you prepare for each presentation?
When you hear the term “presentation design”, what do you think of?
PowerPoint? Or perhaps Keynote if you’re a Mac fan, right?
When you take the first step in designing your presentation, how do you start? I believe most people sit down in front of their computers and open their favorite slide software (slideware). Sounds good, right? Wrong.
You’ve just been asked to give a project update to your colleagues at next week’s lunch-hour seminar.
Quick…
How many slides will you use?
How much text can you put on them?
How long should you speak — the whole hour, or less?
Don’t know? Guy Kawasaki, a famous author and venture capitalist, has the answers and they may surprise you.
Universal Principles of Design is a valuable resource for anyone who designs anything, including speeches and presentations
This article is the latest of a series of public speaking book reviews here on Six Minutes.
Editor’s Note: Comedian Adam Lawrence recently compiled the Top 10 Reasons a PowerPoint Slide Deck is Just Like a Bra.
To prop up the debate a bit, I invited a colleague with a little more first-hand experience with both technologies to provide support to the counter-argument.
Thanks to her, here are 32 reasons a PowerPoint slide deck is nothing like a bra.
Some speaking sins, like the occasional “ah” or “um”, will not doom your presentation. With good content, you can earn forgiveness from the audience for those sins.
Other speaking sins are so grave that when you commit them, your speech or presentation is certain to fail. This article reveals the seven deadly sins of public speaking.
Garr Reynolds, Nancy Duarte, and Cliff Atkinson are the authors of three hugely popular books on presentation design in the last five years.
What else do all three have in common? They all point to Richard E Mayer’s Multimedia Learning as recommended reading for presentation design.
And I agree.
This article is the latest of a series of public speaking book reviews here on Six Minutes.
Designing attractive slide visuals does not need to be a painful task. You don’t need to hire a design firm. You don’t need loads of expensive software.
You can design attractive visuals by following simple guidelines. One of these simple guidelines is the Rule of Thirds — a composition technique borrowed from photography and other visual arts that works wonderfully in PowerPoint.
In this article, you will learn:
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