You’ve maybe come across the term ‘Death by PowerPoint’? Or the alternative: Now you know where the term came from. Can you imagine sitting through more and more of just such slides? I’m sure you’ve all been there and you knew how you felt then. Is that how you want your audience to feel…
Here’s an email we received recently (edited to remove any private information): “I am preparing for a presentation for state directors who work with Binational Migrant Students and will be sharing with them some training modules I am preparing along with instructional strategies and a matrix of innovative educational technology. I have the content in…
Prezi – Yes or No? The debate continues – is Prezi better than PowerPoint, does it replace PowerPoint, or is it just a gimmick? I think that Prezi is a great tool when used well, but there are some key points to remember: 1. Prezi is just another way to present your message. Your structure and…
Jan Schultink is the Founder and CEO of Idea Transplant, a presentation design firm that creates sales, conference, and investor presentations. He updates his blog every day with brief posts giving random yet practical suggestions on how to improve your presentations. Having previously been a Management Consultant with McKinsey & Co, and made the transformation…
In our series on Personal Branding we explained that the way you and your slides look contributes to your audience’s impression of you. Creating a ‘look’ is a great way to give yourself a recognisable brand, and with the resources available online, it is actually easier than you might think. Even if you don’t naturally…
Just as with a Google Map, your Prezi needs to get you and your audience from one point to another. A map has a big picture of the area you are interested in and also smaller, but relevant, details which focus on the specific area you want to use. It has the right amount of…
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…
Fade things into a frame with Prezi Sometimes it can be handy to have things fade-in onto the screen just like we do in PPT. Follow this link to see how to achieve this in Prezi. It’s very easy to fade in pictures, videos, other frames (including all of their contents) in a frame… Fade…
Can visual design be learned? That was the question posed on Quora recently and while not wanting to downplay the huge talent of so many good designers, it’s fair to say that design skills are something that many ‘non-designers’ have the ability to improve. Like any other skill it needs thinking, learning and practising. If…