Status trumps everything when you’re speaking to a crowd? How can that be true? Does status trump the story? The preparation? The visuals?...
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Preparation is the key to a good speech or presentation The best speeches and presentations – the ones that are delivered effortlessly; the...
Every presenter will eventually have to deal with questions from an audience, but what are the best ways to prepare for the...
I’ve always been fascinated by how people understand information. Probably because the learning methods at school rarely engrossed me. Even now, if...
We recently wrote about the Ladder of Abstraction, where combining big picture messages with granular details is the key to delivering a powerful...
PowerPoint can be quite intimidating for novice users. PowerPoint beginners often get a bit overwhelmed by the seemingly infinite options that pop...
Why a Ladder of Abstraction? The purpose of a speech is to move people to action. You point an audience to a...
Jon Schwabish is an economist, writer, teacher, and creator of policy-relevant data visualizations. He is considered a leading voice for clarity and...
We regularly detail the importance of conveying a message in presentations using different techniques for visuals, but what exactly is it about visuals that...
At Presentation Guru, we continuously try to showcase new technologies to our audience to help them be better presenters. Here’s an article by...
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