3 Rules of PowerPoint Nirvana, part 2

So you have to use a slide deck. You have some important information that you want people to remember and it needs to go on the big screen!

How do you do it right? How do you make sure that your presentation is closer to PowerPoint Nirvana than it is to PowerPoint Saṃsāra (aka:hell)?

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3 Rules of PowerPoint Nirvana

PowerPoint makes most speakers worse. Let’s talk about how you use PowerPoint to make you better. All it takes is 3 simple rules.

The rules have nothing to do with fonts, point sizes, number of slides, number of words, colors, animations, or any of the typical advice you’ll see on most of the web. Continue reading 3 Rules of PowerPoint Nirvana

The Dirty Little Secret

The other day someone asked me one of the most common questions I hear:

How do you know what to talk about?

If you have a very specific assignment from the boss, then you may be given very strict limits, however, more often than not when you are given a public speaking “opportunity,” you are also given a lot of leeway. Continue reading The Dirty Little Secret