If you’re looking for a stunning alternative to boring old PowerPoint, you should check out SlideRocket, an online presentation application. You can create and securely store presentations, share them with colleagues, and even can import existing PowerPoint presentations into the app. Signing up takes seconds, and there are several pricing options including a FREE version. [...]
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Along with others in the blogosphere and MSM, I’ve posted a couple of times about strategies for surviving the recession.
The truth?
The recession changes nothing.
What you should do now is no different from what you should do when times are great and the markets are hot.
Look at your organization and your role.
Do you:
Add value?
Deliver [...]
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Is it possible for something as mundane as an undershirt to be elegant? …to add a new level of comfort to wearing a dress shirt? Having worn regular V-neck cotton undershirts for years, I wouldn’t have thought it possible. After trying out a Tommy John “Tailored Stretch™” undershirt however, I’m not so sure anymore…
A little [...]
The files available via Practical Hacks’ FREE Downloads page hit the 1000 download mark this weekend. Thanks for downloading these files and I hope they have been helpful to you! A few notes and thoughts:
The most popular file: the “90 day action plan” for interviewees,- 246 downloads as I write this. This isn’t too surprising, [...]
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“According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you’re better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.”
-Jerry Seinfeld
Does Seinfeld’s joke ring true for you? Do you get [...]
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If you haven’t seen this, take a look – it’s pretty funny. Ever seen slides like these???
Thanks to Don McMillan!
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Thou shalt not inflict pain upon thy viewers’ eyes: use a font color which contrasts nicely (consult a color wheel) with your background, avoid busy backgrounds, and don’t use black type on a white background
Thou shalt not create bullet points containing more than 4 words
Thou shalt not use type smaller than 18 point
Thou shalt not [...]
During the last few months I’ve written a couple of articles – the latest here – on how to best handle the recession. I just happened to stumble across a similar article written by Mitchell Ashley at Network World. His key points:
Do you know what’s important to your employer?
What’s the biggest value you bring, and [...]
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Everyone who does presentations can learn from this example; note how the exceedingly simple all the slides are. You may not have the advantage of introducing a groundbreaking product, but that doesn’t mean you can’t aim for simplicity and visual drama in your slides…
This is part 1 of the iPhone intro; search YouTube for the [...]
Reader Becky, responding to my first post in this series, wrote “I understand what you’re saying, but at times I have to include spreadsheets or pretty dense looking graphs in my monthly updates. Have any suggestions?”
The first thing that comes to mind is “No, you don’t.” But of course it’s easy for me to say [...]
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1. Your audience can read faster than you can read aloud. If you are reading text from your slides, stop it. Right now. It’s impossible to read aloud faster than your audience can read from the slides. Because of this, doing so will only annoy your audience… See #2.
2. If you have enough text on [...]
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If you had to guess what the preeminent quality possessed by great leaders is, what would you guess? Intelligence? Perseverance? Empathy?
Jim Collins, author of Good to Great, has studied hundreds of of high performing organizations and senior executives, and his conclusion with regard to what distinguishes what he terms “Level 5 Leaders” – the [...]
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