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Free templates, guides, and tools to help you write, design and deliver better presentations.


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2021 research report
The state of communicating and presenting online

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2020 research report
Transformative soft skills and training to build the teams of tomorrow

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The Glance Test™
Convey your meaning in three seconds or less

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How to improve dense slides with Slidedocs®
Visual documents highlight your key messages

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Diagrammer®
Diagrammer®: Free data visualization templates for slides and documents

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Mastering virtual communication
Create impactful content, design, and delivery in our new virtual world

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Five types of stories to lead your team during change
How great leaders transformed their teams using stories

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Audience Needs Map™
How to understand your presentation audience

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Presentation systems
Learn how presentation systems can change everything

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Presentations matter
How to deliver data effectively and change minds

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Five motivating story types to guide your team
How Steve Jobs and Coco Chanel motivated their teams with stories

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Roadmap for impactful events
Produce events that people love and remember

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The power of a great sales presentation
Embrace modular sales presentations and make sales soar

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10 tips for powerful persuasive presentations
Craft presentations that move your audience

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Adaptive Listening™ workshop overview
Uncover a better way to listen that goes beyond active listening and paying attention. Learn about the way you prefer to listen, and adapt to meet the needs of others.

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Illuminate™ workshop overview
Craft an effective communication strategy that sparks and sustains change with empathetic speeches, stories, ceremonies, and symbols that motivate and inspire teams.

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Resonate® workshop overview
Learn how the world's greatest speakers use story to persuade. Develop a story structure that powerfully expresses your ideas, applying the principles of empathy, contrast, and variety.

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Duarte DataStory® workshop overview
Clarify, explain, and maximize the potential of your data. Use story structure to create clear executive summaries that fuel understanding, support decision-making, and drive action.
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