slide:ology Webinars

In an effort to save you time and travel budget, Duarte now offers the content of the one-day workshop as a series of six interactive webinars. Webinars must be purchased as a set of six. They are interactive, and intended to be experienced as live events.

Each session will be recorded and made available the day it occurs, in the event that you must miss a session. Attendees of the session may re-watch the session only once. Recordings are intended to act as a class session, not as take-home training material.

See below for dates of the current series, and more detailed descriptions of the sessions.

**To register, please contact training@duarte.com**

Session 1: Introduction to the Principles of slide:ology

Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 10-11AM PST
During this webinar, attendees will review the key principles from the book slide:ology by learning the principle and observing it applied through a series of before and after examples. These include reviewing the importance or audience needs, design thinking, design principles and the display of information.

Session 2: Connecting with Your Audience

Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 10-11AM PST
During this webinar, attendees will focus on how to build rapport and connect with an audience in more meaningful and engaging ways. Attendees will review how to apply the Audience Map and Speaker Map sections of the Presentation slidemap tool. Through a series of exercises attendees will learn about the seven most important questions to ask about their audience and work together to answer them. Once attendees have discovered how to define their audience needs, they will review the strategies for reaching their audience – before, during and after the presentation. Finally, attendees will learn how to identify what they share in common with their audience and how to use this information to ensure the audience will see their point of view.

Session 3: Story and Structure

Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 10-11AM PST
During this webinar, attendees will review and learn how to apply the third component of the Presentation slidemap tool: the storyboard. Building on what they learned about the Audience Map and Speaker Map sections, attendees will identify the big idea and where they need to move their audience from and to in order to achieve their desired results for the presentation. Attendees will review techniques for achieving the optimal balance of logic and emotion to engage audiences such as when and to use metaphors, anecdotes and thought-provoking questions and how to create a S.T.A.R. (Something They Will Always Remember) moment.

Session 4: Design Thinking

Tuesday, October 5, 10-11AM PST
During this webinar, attendees will learn how to apply design concepts such as arrangement, color, text, imagery to create clarity and give messages meaning. They will explore how to apply contrast, flow, hierarchy, unity, proximity and whitespace to identify the main points, the order in which to process information, and the relationship between elements on a slide. They will also uncover the importance of the grid to provide structure and how structure combined with the big idea and a consistent graphic style can create unity. Attendees will learn how to apply the 3-second rule when determining how many words to put on a slide. Finally, attendees will review the importance of image systems visual experiences their audiences will not forget.

Session 5: Visual Storytelling and Design Part I

Tuesday, October 12, 10-11AM PST
During this webinar, attendees will learn how to appeal to the visual and verbal thinkers in their audiences by transforming information into engaging visual stories. They will review techniques for creating diagrams by applying abstract concepts such as flow, structure, cluster and radiate to information. They will also learn how to use tools such as word mapping to turn words into pictures.

Session 6: Visual Storytelling and Design Part II

Tuesday, October 19, 10-11AM PST
During this webinar, attendees will learn how to mold information into an effective communication tool by illustrating statistics, isolating text and using imagery to bring their data to life. They will review the five data slide rules and how to apply them to ensure they get to the point, pick the right tool for the job, highlight what’s important and when to keep it simple.

Additional Information

Please note: Registration does not include a copy of slide:ology. In order to keep the webinars affordable, registration does not include a copy of slide:ology. You won’t need a copy to benefit from the webinar, but if you would like one, we encourage you to purchase one from Amazon.com.

For questions, volume discounts contact training@duarte.com.

System Requirements for attending an Adobe Connect Meeting.

Windows 7

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 or later
• Mozilla Firefox 3.x
• Adobe Flash Player 8 or later

Windows Vista

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or later
• Mozilla Firefox 2.x, 3.x
• Adobe Flash Player 8 or later

Windows XP

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or later
• Mozilla Firefox 2.x, 3.x
• Adobe Flash Player 8 or later

Mac OSX 10.4, 10.5, 10.6 (Intel)

• Mozilla Firefox 2.x, 3.x
• Safari 2.x, 3.x
• Adobe Flash Player 8 or later