Sneak Peek: resonate Cover Design

The rumors are true… I’ve been hard at work on another book, and I’d like to give you a sneak peek of our first draft at a cover design.
After several internal brainstorms and sketching sessions, we ended up with these concepts.

We all felt that there was something special about the word resonate being made out [...]

Topic: Design, Diary, Question
Tags: cover, Design, draft, resonate

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Your Data Wants a Makeover

Simplicity does not necessarily mean skimping out on the meat of your presentation. When handled correctly, complex scenarios and data can still be included while being transformed into something that is easily comprehensible to the average audience member.
No, this does not mean packing seemingly endless charts, tables, and graphs onto every slide. What it does [...]

Topic: Delivery, Design, Strategy, Video
Tags: airside, crisis of credit, data, jonathan jarvis, power gap, simple, simplify

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5 Ways to Make PowerPoint Sing! (And Dance!)

When if comes to software, bells and whistles are great! If you don’t know how to use them. Working in PowerPoint every day, we’ve learned a few tricks. So when Microsoft asked us to use latest version of PowerPoint to create a cinematic presentation, we couldn’t wait to show off our skills.
(Our excitement, Exhibit A: [...]

Topic: Design, Video
Tags: Five Rules, PowerPoint 2010, Video

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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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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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