So we know why readability is important for effective writing and presenting, and we know that you should choose your font carefully, but you must admit there is a baffling array of fonts and typefaces available. (Just to be a little bit geeky about this, a Font is a complete set of characters in a…
If you’re still using PowerPoint with a ‘clicker’ stood behind a lectern, you’re gathering dust faster than a dozing grandaddy. It’s not all about the look, you need a strong story, but you’ve already got that. So why not challenge yourself with the latest technology? Porsche never stop trying to improve their classic 911. They…
Before you even start creating visual aids, it is worth taking a bit of time to consider how they are going to be used. How many of us have been to presentations where the presenter just printed off all the slides and gave them to you as a hand-out? The presentation becomes a ‘supervised reading’…
We’ve boiled down all of our advice about visual aids to ten golden rules – follow these and you’ll always have your audience’s attention for the right reason. 1 Do the slides only after you’ve completed your presentation plan and storyboard or you’ll have an overlong, text driven, linear presentation that will lead to dull, text driven slides….
As a guy who works with lots of big corporates, writing speeches, rehearsing speakers for big pitches and presentations, I’m forever coming up against the ‘Corporate Template Trial’. The corporate PowerPoint pattern, usually created by the Communications Department, which everybody must use when creating slides; but which creates bigger problems for the speaker who actually…
Overview Explaining a complicated concept is an art form. In the first post in this series I followed a simple analogy told by Albert Einstein to introduce some broad concepts that might help us explain complicated subjects to lay audiences. It’s easy enough to do when you’re faced with like-minded peers but when you go…
You might have seen this slide before, as it’s often used as an example of the worst presentation slide ever. You can see why, I’m sure. But sometimes analysing extremely bad examples can help us to understand how we can improve our own presentations – even when we have (I hope) much better slides to…
Presentation slides are a lot like adverts. They’re your chance to visually tell your story – share something about you, your company, products or ideas with others. Like adverts, presentation slides come in all styles. But the best are simple, with one clear message and only one thing demanding your attention. I took this picture…
Whether you are making a presentation for business, in your studies or your home life, decision making is often a key part of your content and reason for presenting. Our Scales Prezi Template is a simple and effective way to get your message across, using clear visuals to support your argument. The template visual gives you…