Could you present naked? Garr inspires you to try.

We are so grateful to have had our friend and author of Presentation Zen, Presentation Zen Design, (and coming soon The Naked Presenter!) Garr Reynolds visit us last week. Garr gave us a sneak peek at some of what he’ll cover in his new book, and shared nine lessons from the Japanese bath. (Yes, nine!) [...]

Topic: Delivery, Design, Event, Message, Video
Tags: garr reynolds, happy hour, presentation zen, the naked presenter, Video

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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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5 Ways to Make PowerPoint Sing! (And Dance!)

When if comes to software, bells and whistles are great! If you don’t know how to use them. Working in PowerPoint every day, we’ve learned a few tricks. So when Microsoft asked us to use latest version of PowerPoint to create a cinematic presentation, we couldn’t wait to show off our skills.
(Our excitement, Exhibit A: [...]

Topic: Design, Video
Tags: Five Rules, PowerPoint 2010, Video

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Visualizing the Sun Food Agenda with Michael Pollan

Duarte had the distinct pleasure of working with bestselling author Michael Pollan to turn his ideas about sustainability and food systems into a visual presentation for the PopTech conference last month. Plan to eat your lunch in front of the computer today so you can enjoy his presentation:

It’s rare that we’ll work with such a [...]

Topic: Delivery, Video
Tags: food, michael pollan, poptech, S.T.A.R. Moment, story, Video

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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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