What's the toughest presentation in the world? A short, simple one. It’s easy to talk for a long time about things that interest you. The difficult thing is conveying important information in a limited amount of time. How is it done? You’ve got 5 minutes I’ve been working with a group of … [Read more...] about Simplicity is hard!
Why simple PowerPoint presentations are best
Some presenters believe that by loading their decks with text, bullet points, data, complex graphs, and dense tables they are helping their audience to understand their message. Nothing could be further from the truth. The problem: Complexity Slides like these are all to common: Note: This … [Read more...] about Why simple PowerPoint presentations are best
PowerPoint tables: How to simplify your presentations
In January 2014 I wrote about the top 5 top PowerPoint resolutions you should make for the new year. One of these was to avoid complex tables because they make the audience work too hard to understand what's on the slide. Because tables contain mostly text and numbers, not only do people need to … [Read more...] about PowerPoint tables: How to simplify your presentations
Why is a picture worth 1,000 words? The picture superiority effect.
How many times have you heard "A picture's worth a thousand words"? At least a billion, right? But how often do you put this maxim into practice? If you're still trying to communicate difficult concepts in your presentations using lots of explanatory text, tables, and graphs, you may be … [Read more...] about Why is a picture worth 1,000 words? The picture superiority effect.
Cheating Death by PowerPoint: Analyze and Synthesize
Are your PowerPoint slides full of text? Well, guess what, your audience is going to have a hard time dealing with that. So don't make them work so hard to understand your message! The more focused you can make your slides and the less text you use on each one, the better your audience will retain … [Read more...] about Cheating Death by PowerPoint: Analyze and Synthesize
MT Hauling’s Great Business Card
Sometimes in this age of electronic communications, 24/7 cable news channels, and instant Twitter and Facebook gratification it's nice to come across an old-school design that works extremely well. Take a look at this beautiful business card: Here's a very basic two-color design used to beautiful … [Read more...] about MT Hauling’s Great Business Card