Why Resonate?

Two years ago, I set out to uncover how story applies to presentations. There seemed to be a story-like magic to the presentations that caused change and spread broadly. Since I already had the context of thousands of presentations my firm had created for smart companies and causes, I studied what I didn’t know: screenwriting, [...]

Topic: Message, Strategy
Tags: fretag pyramid, resonate, story arc, storytelling

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What Does It Mean to Resonate?

Language and power are inextricably linked. The spoken word pushes ideas out of someone’s head and into the open so humankind can contend with adopting or rejecting its validity. Moving an idea from its inception to adoption is hard but it’s a battle that can be won simply by wielding a great presentation.
Presenting those ideas [...]

Topic: Book Reviews, Message, Strategy, Video
Tags: chladni plate, experiment, frequency, language, physics, resonate, science, transform your audience

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For Admin Day: A Resonate Update

Nancy gives us a tour of her office and an update on the progress of her second book, resonate. Resonate comes out in September 2010, and look at the status! Pretty amazing how it’s all coming together. Watch till the end for a little shout out to me for Administrative Professionals Day, which is today!

Topic: Video
Tags: admin day, book, Nancy Duarte, resonate, Writing

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Book Cover Is Done! High Stakes = Demanding Creative Process

The first book cover design had near unanimous feedback that it looked too much like Seth Godin’s Tribes book:

Argh. We worked so hard on that cover and the creative process is so time consuming and demanding.
We HAD to go back to the drawing board since I’m a huge Godin fan, plus I didn’t want to [...]

Topic: Design, Diary
Tags: book cover, process, resonate

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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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