Alt-MBA: Interview with Nancy Duarte

Last year around this time, Seth Godin told everyone not to go to business school. He encouraged everyone to forgo the two-year commitment (and exorbitant fees) and apply to spend six months as an intern in his Alternative MBA Program, learning from him and gaining real-life experience instead.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t accept everyone. That’s how [...]

Topic: Business, Design, Interview
Tags: Alt-MBA, Paul Pettengill, Seth Godin

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Michael Pollan, Live and Unplugged

We recently worked with Michael Pollan to design a presentation for the Annual Pop!Tech Conference, (http://blog.duarte.com/2009/11/visualizing-the-sun-food-agenda-with-michael-pollan/) and I have officially been transformed from appreciative fan to groupie.
He’s wicked smart, and a great communicator; and until his recent appearance at Pop!Tech, he had never delivered a presentation with slides. Scary, right? This approach keeps all the [...]

Topic: Delivery, Event
Tags: michael pollan, speaking schedule, sun food agenda

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BNET’s “Ten Big Reasons Why Your Presos Suck!”

A friend of Duarte sent along a link to BNET’s “Ten Big Reasons Why Your Presos Suck!”
It’s silly, but helpful, too. It points out the problem, but also the reason you (probably) did it, analyzes the result, and most importantly, how to fix it.
The only one I would argue is #8.
It should read:
“Grainy photos, or [...]

Topic: Delivery, Design
Tags: 10, BNET, presos, suck, ten reasons

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The Microsoft Office 2010 Public Beta Is Available, and We’re in It!

Let’s arrange a meet up.  How about inside PowerPoint?
Yep, it’s true.  Microsoft wanted those who use PowerPoint to have on-hand access to world-class presentation training within their software (yay!) and asked us if we would mind sharing some of our tips in the next release of their presentation software, Microsoft PowerPoint 2010.

We have had to [...]

Topic: Business, Design, Strategy, Technology, Tutorial
Tags: beta, duarte, microsoft, PowerPoint, PowerPoint 2010, presentation, Technology, training, Tutorial

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Enjoy My Favorite Cranberry Holiday Recipe

It’s just not Thanksgiving at my house without my family’s favorite cranberry dish on the table. The recipe below was given to me by one of my dearest friends over fifteen years ago, and I’ve made it every year since. It keeps in the fridge for a long time, and it’s great on turkey sandwiches, [...]

Topic: Diary
Tags: cranberries, family, recipe, thanksgiving

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