Archive for June, 2009

Slide Make-over: EPA Greenversations

June 26, 2009
By Mike

For my previous slide make-over, I gave a slide deck presented by the Coast Guard at a Web 2.0 workshop.  This facelift targets a deck presented by the EPA at the same workshop.  The issues were different this time and unfortunately, the “Greenversations At A Glance” slide deck was typical of what I see...
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Sacred Cow #10: Web Site Addresses Are Helpful

June 18, 2009
By Mike
Sacred Cow #10:  Web Site Addresses Are Helpful

PowerPoint’s been around longer than the World Wide Web easily by a country mile.  When use of the Web became popular, URLs started invading slide decks.  Sometimes they were inserted so the audience could write them down later, or if the slides were abused as handouts, the thought was they could be copied into...
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When Murphy Pays A Visit

June 11, 2009
By Mike
When Murphy Pays A Visit

If you’re like me, you probably watched Apple’s WWDC Keynote when the video was posted.  I had already followed the major announcements earlier in the day, so I took the opportunity to watch Phil Schiller’s much improved performance and marvel at the visuals on the screen. Watching this video, I also saw something I didn’t...
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Slide Make-Over: US Coast Guard

June 2, 2009
By Mike

Last month, I attended the Government Web 2.0 Best Practices Workshop hosted by FEMA.  As you would expect from events such as this, there were presentations given that included PowerPoint slides.  Given my experience, the federal government is a fertile breeding ground for poorly designed and down-right ineffective slides.  This event did not disapoint. ...
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