The Microsoft Office 2010 Public Beta Is Available, and We’re in It!

Let’s arrange a meet up.  How about inside PowerPoint?
Yep, it’s true.  Microsoft wanted those who use PowerPoint to have on-hand access to world-class presentation training within their software (yay!) and asked us if we would mind sharing some of our tips in the next release of their presentation software, Microsoft PowerPoint 2010.

We have had to [...]

Topic: Business, Design, Strategy, Technology, Tutorial
Tags: beta, duarte, microsoft, PowerPoint, PowerPoint 2010, presentation, Technology, training, Tutorial

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Tonight–Inaugural San Jose Pecha Kucha at The Improv

All you local folks should come to tonight’s very first Pecha Kucha event at The Improv downtown San Jose.
Pecha Kucha is an community-run gathering and presentation environment where each presenter gets 20 slides that each last 20 seconds. The format constraint forces presenters to assemble their thoughts into concise and clear frameworks. It’s become a [...]

Topic: Event
Tags: pecha kucha, presentation, San Jose

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The power of Audio in your presentation!

Audio shouldn’t be a slave to the visuals but instead should be thought of while all parts are in development, allow them to be collaborative as an element.

Topic: Design, Event, Tutorial, Video
Tags: audience, Design, PowerPoint, presentation, slide:ology, storytelling, training

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The Trouble with Transitions, Episode 4

Today we get to see a rare glimpse of that most insidious of all transitions: the Random Transition.

Topic: Delivery, Design, Video
Tags: Business, humor, PowerPoint, presentation, random, slide, transition, Video

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Unique Storyboard Method: Receipt Tape

Presentations are only as good as the idea, visuals and delivery. Some visual thinkers challenged me to write a very short presentation about the power of visual thinking during these tough economic times. So I whipped out our presentation map and got to work. First, I considered my audience. I decided to gear my presentation [...]

Topic: Design, Strategy, Video
Tags: presentation, receipt tape, story, storyboard, visual thinking

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