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The Naked Presenter?

José A Bowen, a dean at Southern Methodist University near Dallas, Texas, found himself in the news in July when he challenged his colleagues to present ”naked”.

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What not to present – or why less is more

PowerPoint reminds me a little of my electric piano. It’s got more sounds on it than I can shake a stick at – but I only use a handful of them.

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Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs made a welcome return to the public eye last month at a special music event to introduce Apple’s 2009 holiday iPods.
“The September music event was classic Apple. It marked the return of the world’s greatest corporate storyteller,” says communications coach, Carmine Gallo, author of The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to be Insanely [...]

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Floyd on presentations

The world suddenly seemed a duller place in mid-September 2009 when the flamboyant chef Keith Floyd passed away.
Sad though this event was, it might just be the starting point to liven up presentations. (Heaven knows, many of them could do with it.)
Let’s imagine we could ask Keith for his recipe for the perfect presentation. What [...]

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Be prepared, be very prepared

“Before everything else, getting ready is the secret to success.” So said Henry Ford; and given the amount of success he enjoyed, it’s worth listening to that advice.

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The Mehrabian Myth

It is widely believed that 55% of all of the information in a presentation is visual, 38% vocal and only 7% the words. This is based on a scientific paper by Albert Mehrabian. Even we believed this. But this is not true!

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Hook them young: PowerPoint boot camp for kids

There’s a famous quote, attributed to the Jesuits, that says: “Give me the child until he is seven and I will show you the man.” The idea being, of course, that ideas introduced to children early on are likely to stay with them for life.

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Does PowerPoint animation distract the audience?

Does animation in PowerPoint help to get the message across, or does it distract the audience? Some of the latest academic research has produced some interesting findings.

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PowerPoint in advertising

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