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

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Advanced Stickynoting

If you have followed this blog or read slide:ology, you know that we are huge fans of sticky notes.  We train people how to build effective presentations by writing their main points on sticky notes and then moving them around until they find a compelling flow for their message. Sticky notes are small, easily movable and readily recyclable. [...]

Topic: Message
Tags: PowerPoint, presentation, seminar, sticky note, storytelling, workshop

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Seminars & Second Cup Meetup

The seminars have been a hit! Due to the fact that there was a waiting list for the last three, we’ve decided to open up two more before Fall is over.
The two new dates are:
Thursday, November 6 and Wednesday, November 12

The workshops have been fun and engaging, all without ever touching a computer mouse. Attendees [...]

Topic: Diary
Tags: meetup, second cup, seminar, toronto

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Seminars, and Parties, and News…

…Oh My!
The seminars here at the shop are filling up, but we still have a few seats. Come on along: http://slideology.com/seminars.
The media mavens have been scoring some wonderful PR and webinars for slide:ology. The gals at Eastwick pulled a rabbit out of their hat with this great article in the LA Times and this BNET [...]

Topic: Delivery, Diary
Tags: podcast, seminar, speaking, webinar

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Comics Communicate

If a picture is worth 1,000 words, how do comic strips rank?
In Robert Horn’s book Visual Language, he credits Rodolphe Topffer for inventing the combination of illustrations and words to tell a story–the world’s first comic strip artist.
When comparing the effectiveness of the comic strip to traditional prose, Horn states, “…with its dual advantages of [...]

Topic: Delivery, Design
Tags: seminar, story, vizthink

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