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The simple stuff of great presentations

Posted Wednesday, September 23, 2009 2:17 PM by stevecla01
Start on time. Whatever. Finish on time. Whatever. Be clear on your goal in presenting. And get it, whatever. Make it easy, really easy to understand. Be enthusiastic about the topic. Remove all distractions be it stale sandwiches or bleeping phones. Read More...
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10 Tips on how to think like a designer…and tell stories

Posted Tuesday, August 18, 2009 3:49 PM by stevecla01
[image credit: Dan Roam , author of The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures]   Another great post by Garr Reynolds - 10 Tips on how to think like a designer . I would love to have been a designer but don’t have the Read More...
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Get a Cluetrain

Posted Thursday, August 06, 2009 2:09 PM by stevecla01
  Cluetrain View more presentations from tecorporation . The seminal work of our Internet times and pretty astonishing that it was written 10 years ago. Now in slide format thanks to tecorporation and slideshare . The challenge here is the people Read More...
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Poor use of images in slides

Posted Tuesday, August 04, 2009 9:59 PM by stevecla01
Hot on the heels of my Bing slide deck last week, I thought this post by Garr Reynolds was worth sharing -   Presentation Zen: 11 ways to use images poorly in slides   I see the errors below Garr mentions far too often unfortunately. It’s a Read More...
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My new Bing slide deck

Posted Thursday, July 30, 2009 9:01 AM by stevecla01
View more presentations from Steve Clayton . I love PowerPoint and I hate PowerPoint. It’s a brilliant tool for aiding communication but too many people use it as a crutch. They fill their slides with bullet after bullet that is there to help them not Read More...
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All You Need To Know About Giving A Presentation

Posted Tuesday, May 12, 2009 8:02 AM by stevecla01
Well not quite but it’s a pretty good place to start. One of the best ways to learn how to be a good presenter is to watch the best – and there is nowhere better than TED for that. Over the years they have hosted some of the best presentations you’ll Read More...
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Getting Paid To Do Your Hobby

Posted Friday, October 10, 2008 11:57 AM by stevecla01
I count myself alongside The Beatles and Tiger Woods – not because I have anything close to the raw talent of any of them – but because we’re all paid to do our hobby. Like them I’m extremely fortunate of course and today I was reminded of how much I Read More...
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You Need slide:ology

Posted Tuesday, October 07, 2008 9:53 PM by stevecla01
If you present at all in your job, you should get slide:ology . Even if you don’t it’s s great book that is beautifully presented (as you’d expect) and enormously practical. It’s backed up by a great website too with additional resources. O’Reilly kindly Read More...
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Microsoft OfficeLabs releases pptPlex

Posted Thursday, August 14, 2008 6:05 PM by stevecla01
Video: An Overview of pptPlex Wow the OfficeLabs guys are on a good run of late. Hot on the heels of SpeedLaunch they released pptPlex today. Taking inspiration from the Plex technology used in the Bill Gates’s TouchWall demonstration at the CEO Summit, Read More...
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Social Media: Evolution or Revolution

Posted Saturday, March 15, 2008 1:47 PM by stevecla01
| View | Upload your own   I'm sure many of you have seen this presentation given the amount of views it's had on SlideShare but if not, check it out. The only thing missing? The name of the author should be in the deck. He's wah17 Read More...
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Presenting Bill Gates

Posted Monday, January 28, 2008 6:09 AM by stevecla01
  Bill Gates spoke at the World Economic Forum last week on a topic he called Creative Capitalism . It has had (and will continue to have) lots of coverage, not least as some will find the topic slightly ironic coming from Bill. It doesn't matter Read More...
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The last lecture

Posted Monday, January 14, 2008 6:26 PM by stevecla01
A dying professor's last lecture. My favourite part of Randy's advice - be good at something, it makes you valuable thanks to Katie for tipping me off to this video Read More...
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Getting Past The Tough Questions

Posted Thursday, December 27, 2007 10:36 AM by stevecla01
In my last post on presenting , I meant to mention the Question Conundrum and added as an update but then deicded it was worthy of a post of its own.   Q: What is the Question Conundrum? A: Most people hate the thought of presenting as they'll be Read More...
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Dilbert on being a good presenter

Posted Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:32 PM by stevecla01
More quality from Scott Adams today on Christmas Eve. I was chatting with a good friend last week and discussing how presenting has become the part of my job at Microsoft I enjoy the most. I think it's a combination of the performance part of it and the Read More...
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Change The World Or Go Home Presentation

Posted Saturday, November 24, 2007 1:33 AM by stevecla01
| View | Upload your own   Nope, not one of mine...or Hugh's . I was reading some stuff over on PSFK and came across this presentation . Nice preso...even nicer title :) Read More...
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