Archive for the 'Presentation Skills' Category

Interactive Prototypes with PowerPoint

Have you ever wished your early design mockups could come to life, so you could try out the navigation, test an interaction, or see if a button label just feels right when you click on it?
Sure, you could invest in a dedicated prototyping tool, but you can create surprisingly quick and effective prototypes with a […]

How to Avoid the Pitfalls of PowerPoint Presentations

BECOME A MULTI-MEDIA GURU BY ADOPTING SEVEN SIMPLE PRACTICES
The problem with PowerPoint is that you need to become a multi-media guru to use it effectively! From flashing text to animated images, it’s great if you have hours to indulge your creative passion, but on the most part, if you don’t’ know what you are […]

Presentation Has Its Price

Yesterday Laurence talked about the challenges that a multitude of interfaces can present a solution builder, specifically in the context of ECM, and today Billy added his thoughts.
While both posts seem to be focused more on visual interfaces (UI) than
non-visual interfaces, the concerns raised apply to interfaces in
general.
Here are my thoughts:

I very much agree that […]

Why Power Point Presentations Bore Us — The Dreaded 3P

Recently, Robert Middleton, http://www.actionplan.com/ reminded me why we must get away from power point presentations, or as I call it the dreaded 3P!
We have found ourselves in the business world so concerned about being politically correct, well practiced and prepared for anything that we have forgotten that all presentations to be effective must be heard, […]

World’s Best Presentation Winners Announced

Guy Kawasaki, a judge for Slideshare.net’s recent World’s Best Presentation contest, posted a blog entry about the winners. I was quite impressed by the winner, Jeff Brenman, who created a presentation titled Shift Happens. In the spirit of The World is Flat, it highlights some of the economic, social and technological changes impacting the […]