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Could you present naked? Garr inspires you to try.
We are so grateful to have had our friend and author of Presentation Zen, Presentation Zen Design, (and coming soon The Naked Presenter!) Garr Reynolds visit us last week. Garr gave us a sneak peek at some of what he’ll cover in his new book, and shared nine lessons from the Japanese bath. (Yes, nine!) [...]
Topic: Delivery, Design, Event, Message, Video
Tags: garr reynolds, happy hour, presentation zen, the naked presenter, Video
Double Rainbow
In our workshops we often show what great stories might look like had they been presented as PowerPoint presentations—usually to demonstrate how the typical business presentation can suck the life out of a powerful story.
We wondered what the PowerPoint version of the recent Double Rainbow web video would look like. Here is what we thought [...]
Topic: Delivery, Design, Video
Tags: Delivery, double rainbow, duarte, humor, inspiration, PowerPoint, presentation, rainbow, seminar, story, storytelling, Video, workshop
Great Moments in Presentation History: The Architect and the Egg
In the early 1400s, Florence, Italy was a hotbed of artistic competition. There were cathedrals to be built, giant baptistery doors to be sculpted, and lots of artists wanting to get in on the action. Up-and-coming sculptor and architect, Filippo Brunelleschi, was one of those artists. He had spent much of his life studying ancient [...]
Topic: Delivery, Design, Message
Tags: communication, Delivery, Design, inspiration, presentation, S.T.A.R. Moment
Embrace Life
Several days ago, one of my co-workers sent out a link to a video entitled “Embrace Life”, a commercial promoting seat belt use. Apparently The Sussex Safer Roads Partnership decided that it was time for a seat belt awareness campaign that didn’t use the shock and awe approach. Sussex must be a lot like where [...]
Topic: Delivery, Design, Diary, Message, Video
Tags: embrace life, emotion, engage, memorable
Cinematic Color Choices
Here at Duarte, we help people create cinematic presentations—you know, ones that are the opposite of those word-saturated bullet-rich presentations we have all come to dread. So, if you want your presentations to be cinematic, why not take a cue from a current movie poster trend and make your color scheme cinematic, too!
The June 25th edition [...]
Topic: Design, Strategy
Tags: cinematic, Color, contrast, impact, movie posters, trend
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