August 18, 2008
99 percent of PowerPoint presentation sucks. So begins Presentation Zen with an introduction from Guy Kawasaki. Or I should say, the book opens with a presentation from Kawasaki. Before getting to business, author Garr Reynolds explains that Presentation Zen is an approach not a method.
Don’t count on getting step one, two, three from this book.… keep reading
August 11, 2008
Maps make great visual aids in a presentation. You might want to use maps in your presentation to show the locations of your offices, where your customers are, or doing an Al Gore and showing the effects of the environment in different cities, states, countries, continents. You could also use maps to make up your… keep reading
August 4, 2008
When you have a complex story to tell that takes place over specific dates, a timeline can help guide your audience if you show a simplified version on screen, and a detailed handout on paper.
For example, one BBP user did a presentation on Mark Twain’s route to Lake Tahoe. A presenter could start with the entire route using a… keep reading
July 28, 2008
In the previous post BBP and the Back of the Napkin, Randy took a look at how the book can help with creating BBP presentations. In this post I’ll take a bit different view and look at the meat and potatoes of the book and what it’s about.
I’m not good at drawing, but that doesn’t stop me… keep reading
July 21, 2008
One of the more interesting and highly acclaimed business books of the year is The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures, by Dan Roam.
The book can help in the visual thinking process when planning your visuals and is loaded with sketching techniques—basic techniques that are easy to learn and fun… keep reading
July 17, 2008
Many online resources make it possible to share your presentations without being there. It can be through an online service like SlideBoom and SlideShare, through webinar tools like Gotomeeting and Webex, online tours through Demofuse, or combine audio with your presentation to create a podcast through services like Profcast.
You might consider using a voice talent… keep reading
July 9, 2008
The Beyond Bullet Points approach focuses on telling a story to keep your audience’s attention. Metaphors can help with your storytelling to persuade or make a sale. Metaphorically Selling (0976279401) by Anne Miller looks applying metaphors in business situations.
The book contains four sections. The first, “The Case for Metaphor” makes the case for using metaphors… keep reading
