Tag Archives: PowerPoint

Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 246) – Garr Reynolds

Posted on 20/11/2016 by

“Humans are completely incapable of reading and comprehending text on a screen and listening to a speaker at the same time. Therefore, lots of text (almost any text!), and long, complete sentences are bad, Bad, BAD.” — Garr Reynolds Advertisements

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5 Presentation Design Hacks

Posted on 12/06/2016 by

Adam Noar, founder of the firm Presentation Panda, recently sent me the infographic below. It offers five simple, but effective, design hacks that you can use to improve the quality of your slide presentations. I have been using the first two hacks—Unsplash … Continue reading →

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Alain de Botton on Dieter Rams and Good Design

Posted on 22/02/2016 by

A while back, I wrote a post about Dieter Rams, the German industrial designer who is recognized as one of the most influential industrial designers of the 20th century. Rams worked for 40 years at the German consumer products company, Braun. Today, … Continue reading →

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Nine photo composition tips for your slides

Posted on 18/03/2015 by

If a picture is worth a thousand words, Steve McCurry’s work speaks volumes. With a career that has spanned more than 30 years, McCurry is widely considered one of the icons of contemporary photography. The galleries on his website are … Continue reading →

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Is PowerPoint a good thing or a bad thing?

Posted on 29/03/2014 by

I am proud to be part of a great team that gets to spend one week a year with the dynamic, motivated and clever students in the IESE Executive MBA Programme. We help them hone their public speaking skills so … Continue reading →

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