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Do you really want to be told your presentation is CRAP? – Yes!!

April 23, 2013

To many it wouldn’t seem like a compliment but actually it is.  If you follow the basic design principles that are commonly referred to as CRAP you can’t really go wrong (and what applies to presentations is equally relevant to any other form of visual). C ontrast Make elements different (by clever use of fonts [...]

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How to Use Bullet Points in Presentation Slides

April 9, 2013

Have you heard of the “Death by PowerPoint” movement? I’m not sure you could actually call it a movement, but it’s a way to summarise the many people who are fed up of being bored senseless by business presentations – most often delivered with PowerPoint. After the software itself, bullet points are the “Death by [...]

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Lessons for conference speakers- Snakes and Ladders

March 11, 2013

Last week I attended my first Independent Publisher’s Guild UK (IPG) Conference. I was there at the recommendation of Antonella Pearce, the excellent Publisher Relations Manager of the Publisher’s Licensing Society who suggested I should attend to learn a little more about the world of publishing. I love going to conferences.  Particularly those where I have no agenda for being [...]

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Prezi? What is it?

Presentation advice on using Prezi not PowerPoint or Keynote

December 20, 2012

I’ve had loads of inquiries about Prezi and PowerPoint and Keynote, and the strengths and weaknesses of the three major presentation tools on the market today. We use all 3 in our work with clients, and I have no great preference. But here’s a plug for Prezi as a visual tool that can help you [...]

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FT Article Discussion – How Slides Help or Hinder your Message

December 4, 2012

What do you think of this great article addressing poor business presentation visuals? The main ideas are: -         Presentation visuals should be visual based. -         Start preparing your presentation away from the computer. -         Tell stories and entertain your audience. It’s not groundbreaking stuff, but it’s great to see the issue addressed by people like [...]

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Ellen Finkelstein’s great for the detail

November 29, 2012

Since coming to work here I have had to learn a great many new things and one I have had to get up to speed with pretty quickly is using Powerpoint.  But when time is of the essence sometimes you just need to cut to the chase and want someone to tell you how to [...]

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Bleeding images in Powerpoint – well actually they’re quite good

November 26, 2012

I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve got frustrated when I’ve found the perfect image for my Powerpoint slide only to find it is the wrong size and no amount of tweaking is going to help.  Stretching it will distort the image too much, especially if you only pull it in one dimension.  [...]

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Prezi vs PowerPoint Explained- Video

November 23, 2012

In this short video we explain  the key similarities and differences between PowerPoint and Prezi. Key messages: If your speech is poor, neither tool will help you. PowerPoint has simple strengths for the average business presenter. Prezi has a couple of significant strengths if you want to stand out. Prezi for Professionals and Speech Transcript. [...]

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10 Rules for Great Visual Aids

September 20, 2012

If you’ve read our blog post What are the Presentation Skills I Need? you already understand the importance of visual aids when you’re presenting. 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 reasons. 1. Do the [...]

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Using PowerPoint for Business Presentations – The Truth

February 20, 2012

Some research done in Germany earlier this year gives some surprising insight into the best ways of using PowerPoint for business presentations. Business presentations with poor visuals -whatever the ‘religion’ (Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, Prezi)- is better read by the audience, than talked over by the presenter. Yup. Audiences retain more from a bad presentation accompanied by [...]

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