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Death By PowerPoint? Three Ways to Revive Your Presentations!

Tech Soup

Here's something we all dread: Slide after slide loaded with text that is being "read" by the presenter. Reduce the number of slides and increase the number of interactions. Second: Edit each slide so it is easy on the eye and on the brain.

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Communication Secrets For A Distracted World

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Paul Hellman His tactics will serve you well in all these types of situations : Making presentations Interviewing Emailing Networking Storytelling Leaving voice mail Here are some of my favorite takeaways from Hellman's book: In one-to-one conversations , talk less than the other person. How to be notable and boost your reputation.

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How To Communicate Effectively In Eight Seconds

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Paul Hellman His tactics will serve you well in all these types of situations : Making presentations Interviewing Emailing Networking Storytelling Leaving voice mail Here are some of my favorite takeaways from Hellman's book: In one-to-one conversations , talk less than the other person. How to be notable and boost your reputation.

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How To Effectively Communicate Your Message In Eight Seconds

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Paul Hellman His tactics will serve you well in all these types of situations : Making presentations Interviewing Emailing Networking Storytelling Leaving voice mail Here are some of my favorite takeaways from Hellman's book: In one-to-one conversations , talk less than the other person. How to be notable and boost your reputation.

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8 Seconds To Be Meaningful

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Paul Hellman His tactics will serve you well in all these types of situations : Making presentations Interviewing Emailing Networking Storytelling Leaving voice mail Here are some of my favorite takeaways from Hellman's book: In one-to-one conversations , talk less than the other person. How to be notable and boost your reputation.

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7 Easy Ideas to Give Your Next Presentation Oomph

Tech Soup

Include Only One Key Point per Slide. Here's why: Slides with too much verbiage will decrease the interest of your audience. List ye ol' bullet points on separate slides like Damon Nofar does here: 2. Have a Bold Opening Slide to Get the Audience's Interest Early. Pay Attention to the 3-Second Rule!

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The Openness of Slides

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The theme was about storytelling and one of the cool things we did was create a storytelling assessment rubric. Bill is an incredible storyteller and that has been the key to his fundraising success. Now, this was ten years ago, so he used Kodak slides (remember those) as his visuals. ve selected with the presentation.

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