Posts Tagged ‘ Presentations ’

When Visuals Are Just Pointless

November 25, 2009
By Mike
When Visuals Are Just Pointless

I’ve had to sit though some presentations recently where when it came to visuals, the presenters took cramming information in the audience’s face to a whole new level.  One one projector, we had the slide deck and on the other, a demo.  Pretty innocuous there, outside the typical excess text and map shock-laden diagrams....
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My Thoughts On the MacWorld Keynote

January 8, 2009
By Mike

In this post, I’m not going to focus on the products that were announced.  Granted I can’t wait to see the changes to Keynote beyond what was discussed, but I’m more interested at this moment in Phil Shiller’s delivery of the keynote itself. Early on in his pitch, it was clear that he was nervous....
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PowerPoint 2004 vs. Keynote ‘08 – Part 2

December 14, 2008
By Mike
PowerPoint 2004 vs. Keynote ‘08 – Part 2

In my last post, I looked at the basic features of PowerPoint 2004 and Keynote ‘08.  This time, I’m going to take a look at the two applications from the viewpoint of someone preparing to or actually delivering their presentation.  I will also be looking at the various export options should you need to...
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PowerPoint 2004 vs. Keynote ‘08

December 7, 2008
By Mike
PowerPoint 2004 vs. Keynote ‘08

Having read in books and online how great Keynote was and how the pros use it over Keynote, how could I not spend the $70 on iWork and give it a spin?  The version of PowerPoint that I have to compare Keynote to isn’t the latest and “greatest,” but as some may argue, with...
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Design By Committee

November 8, 2008
By Mike

The video below is a great example of how many organizations tackle designing their solutions. Though this uses a corporation as an example, this very much applies to government as well. Design by committee rarely, if ever works and is almost guaranteed to lead to the project’s failure. Common problems that...
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Fire Them Up!

November 8, 2008
By Mike

This book is going on my list of books to read next. Outside of being appropriate for me as a manager, I can see it applying to presentation delivery.
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Presentation Hell

April 4, 2008
By Mike
Presentation Hell

  One of my areas of personal improvement of late has been in the area of improving the way I give presentations.  This was spurred on by being fed up with having to endure presentations such as the one below (go to the original at pcweenies.com).       This happens all too often and it happens everywhere.  Nobody...
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