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Think Outside the Slides

October 16, 2009
By Mike

Oh, the last month.  Preparing for a presentation that could determine the fate of a 2+ year long project required a ton of preparation.  When preparing for a presentation of that magnitude, all of the best practices for effective slide design become that much more important.  The hard work of several people over many...
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Sacred Cow #9: The Audience Cares

May 19, 2009
By Mike
Sacred Cow #9:  The Audience Cares

We’ve all heard it before. “They want to hear what you have to say.” So often, little effort is put into preparing a presentation because it’s just assumed that because the audience is there, they’ll be hanging on every last word you have to say. In many instances, that’s a dangerous...
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Addition Through Subtraction

February 18, 2009
By Mike
Addition Through Subtraction

Craig Strachan has an excellent post on his site titled, “You will never fit everything in.”  In it, he stresses the importance of limiting the content to what’s appropriate for the audience and the time allotted.   You can have the greatest slides in the world, but if you have so much content that you...
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