Presentation Design: A Management Philosophy

It’s hard to stop Nancy Duarte once she gets started talking about design. And that’s exactly what happened when she met Jimmy Guterman, executive editor of MIT Sloan Management Review, at the most recent TED conference. It’s no surprise that Nancy views the world through a design lens, a skill which she has used to [...]

Topic: Book Reviews, Business, Design, Event, Interview, Strategy
Tags: garr reynolds, management, MIT sloan, TED

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The Outlier Finds His Element

I read Outliers and The Element back to back last week.
Net-net is that people aren’t successful from passion alone, usually there are other factors or “flukes” that lead to them living in their element. You may have heard successful people say that what made them great is that they were at the right place at [...]

Topic: Book Reviews
Tags: interlochen, ken robinson, malcom gladwell, outliers, TED, the element

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Lessons from TED: 5 Simple Tweaks

Besides being a daily source of inspiration for many of us at Duarte, this year’s TED Conference also gave us a chance to flex some of our creative muscles and turn out a variety of nice presentations. Since we enjoyed working on these projects so much, we thought you might appreciate seeing how we approached [...]

Topic: Design, Strategy
Tags: Design, presentation, TED, Visuals

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Of S.T.A.R.s and Mosquitoes

In our slide:ology training seminars we teach people about S.T.A.R Moments™. S.T.A.R. stands for “Something They’ll Always Remember” and S.T.A.R. Moments refer to the memorable moments in a presentation that stick in the minds of your audience long after the presentation is over.
You know, it’s the “I have a dream” phrase in Martin Luther King, [...]

Topic: Delivery, Message, Video
Tags: 2009, Bill, Gates, presentation, S.T.A.R. Moment, TED, Video

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Duarte & TED Team Up

Duarte has played a significant role in TED this year and we’ve had a blast! We not only worked with several of the presenters transforming their message and slides, we also worked on some cool projects for TED sponsors, TED Prize winners, and TED Fellows.
TED Fellows Presentation
TED Fellows is a new TED program that helps [...]

Topic: Delivery, Design, Message, Strategy, Technology
Tags: GE, interactive, TED, wall graphic, Walmart, whiteboard

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