Through preparing for our newest Duarte workshop, Slide Design Lab, we realized there’s a feature that many presenters don’t realize plays a key role in slide design and speaker support: speaker notes in PowerPoint®. To use your speaker notes in PowerPoint most effectively during your next talk, follow the tips below. What are speaker notes […] continue reading
Photo Credit: Barnard College, Abby Wambach: Barnard Commencement 2018 When U.S. Women’s Soccer legend Abby Wambach does something remarkable, she usually does it with her feet or her head. During Wambach’s tenure in international soccer, she set the record for scoring the most goals of any man or woman in the history of the sport (184), […] continue reading
If you’re not analytical by nature but have to give a presentation to a particularly analytical audience, it’s important to toe the line between knowledgeable expert and impassioned storyteller. Professionals in data-dense industries (like Pharma, Tech, Engineering, or Finance) value concrete information. And they often need statistical evidence to believe what you tell them. Granted, they’ll […] continue reading
In an earlier post this year I asked you all what still sucks about presenting. You were all very generous with your feedback and I wasn’t surprised to find out—there are more than a few of you that think things that still suck! We’ve been gathering feedback like this from our customers, readers, and learners for a while, and today we’re […] continue reading
