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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
slide:ology Wins Axiom Business Book Award Gold Medal
Nancy just received her bright and shiny gold medal with the words “Success Through Knowledge.” I couldn’t think of a more appropriate phrase to recognize the passion for sharing knowledge that slide:ology represents. We’ve debated internally about sharing this kind of news with our community because to be quite frank it sometimes feels a little [...]
Topic: Question
Tags: awards, communication, Nancy Duarte, poll, presentation
How Decker Made Me Different
Spending the day at Decker was delightful. Shortly after arriving, the transformation of my delivery techniques was well underway.
The meeting started at 9 a.m. in their San Francisco office. Their office is in a first-class building that is inspirational and professional. The path to their front door walks you through a zen-like garden with a [...]
Topic: Delivery, Diary, Technology, Video
Tags: audio, communication, decker, development, kelly decker, training
Judging Books by Their Covers
Ready for a quick design lesson?
Click on the picture to go to Joseph Sullivan’s list of Favorite Book Covers for 2008. (That one’s my favorite, by the way.)
Now, imagine you wrote a book this year. And your book just entered the market, along with the 172,000 other books published in the U.S. that year.1
And it’s [...]
Topic: Design
Tags: communication, Design, messaging, Visuals
Britain’s Best Young Speaker
So the BBC is doing this new reality show called “The Speaker,” and guess what? They’ve asked Nancy to be a member of the team of expert communicators who share their insights and experience with the candidates!
Think of the show as American Idol but for high school-aged kids who think they’ve got what it takes [...]
Topic: Diary
Tags: communication, inspiration, presentation, speaking
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