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Interacting with Slides
Nancy Duarte’s slide:ology is five months old and still, deservedly, going strong. Long may it wave.
Although Nancy and I have worked together for many years, I still keep going back to slide:ology for her wonderful creative ideas. I’m particularly taken with the structure of her Chapter 11, “Interacting with Slides.” One of the basic rules [...]
Topic: Delivery
Tags: communication, Delivery, presentation, speaking
Did You?
Speeches, even historic ones, aren’t generally visual presentations. So Duarte Design didn’t really expect an invitation to provide visuals for the Inauguration (though we’re definitely available, should the need arise in the future).
Still, anyone interested in creating compelling presentations can learn a lot from President Obama.
The Duarte team gathered in our Town Hall on Tuesday [...]
Topic: Delivery, Message, Strategy
Tags: Big Idea, content, inspiration, messaging, story
Second Life Lecture Update
If you’ve signed up for Nancy’s upcoming Second Life lecture… re-mark your calendar!
The presentation has rescheduled from its noon time slot. She will now be presenting a little later that day at 1:30pm PST
Who: Nancy Duarte
What: 60min lecture
When: Tuesday, January 27 at 1:30pm PST
Where: Microsoft User Group Island in Second Life
Registration for this event has [...]
Topic: Event
Tags: microsoft, second life, time, update
Technology Review: 123PPT VBP
123PPT.com, a long-time supplier of PowerPoint resources (templates, backgrounds, photos, fonts, sound effects, music), recently released the 123PPT Video Backgrounds PowerPoint Add-In, a PowerPoint plug-in that allows you to insert full screen video backgrounds into your PowerPoint presentations, and a corresponding standalone player—the 123PPT Video Backgrounds Player (VBP).
While it is a PC-only application, it works [...]
Topic: Technology, Video
Tags: 123PPT, add-in, application, motion, PowerPoint, presentation, review, Technology, Video
Tips for Presentations of a (Second)Lifetime
Presenting via a webinar is tough to do. Presenting in a virtual world as an avatar will surely have nuances that are new for me.
Tuesday, January 27, I’ll be on an island getaway. I’m not talking about Hawaii. I’ll be giving a lecture on Microsoft Users Group Island in Second Life. I had to [...]
Topic: Delivery, Event
Tags: avatar, engagements, events, second life, speaking, tips, upcoming
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