I’m giving a talk with Bill Strahan of Comcast (and HumanMarkets) at the Cable and Television Human Resource Association’s (CTHRA) Annual Symposium today. The symposium is titled Leading HR in Unprecedented Times and has a number of distinguished speakers. Our topic: Digital Community and Communication for HR.
We have a really cool presentation put together that’s [...]
Your PowerPoint headlines suck.
I’m not going out on a limb to say that. It’s just true. Sorry about the scatology, but it’s the best word for the job. Let me guess, the PowerPoint deck right in front of you has these pages: Agenda, Introductions, Roles and Responsibilities, Guiding Principles, Status, Schedule, Item One split into [...]
Guy Kawasaki posted a set of Steve Jobs’ slides from WWDC 2007. Notice any tiny type? Any 5×6 Rules? Any excruciatingly bullet-pointed lines? I don’t think so. Jobs is a master presenter and he wins because he follows the “Go big or go home” approach to wowing his audience. And whether you’re presenting to 5,000 [...]
The World’s Best Presentation Contest winners were announced.
The YouBlog has a post called Death by Memorization. It’s one of the best and most succinct pieces of advice I’ve read in a while about presenting to an audience. (BTW: Earlier this week I saw one of the best presentations I’ve ever seen. Prepared. Clear. Practiced. Extemporaneous. Wow.)
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