All too often, when people are trying to do the right thing by creating a strong visual to represent an idea, they fall back on the literal meaning of the word.  This often makes it very difficult to find the right image to convey the idea and will often result in a visual that...
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No, I haven’t abandoned this blog.  The gap in between posts can easily be explained.  You see, I have been learning how to use Adobe Premiere and Screenflick.  The results can be seen below as I share with you how to create effective charts in Keynote ‘09.  Hopefully, as I do more of these,...
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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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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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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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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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