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
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
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
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
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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