One of my favorite clients (let’s call her Jessica) recently discovered that two of her direct reports (let’s call them Gail and Willow) were talking about her on Facebook. Jessica was not specifically named in this exchange, but the reference to her was clear enough that an unrelated third party took a screen shot of Gail Read More
Public Speaking Tech: eMail to Conference Calls, Social Media to PowerPoint
Public Speaking Tip 76: Public Speakers, Avoid Common PowerPoint Mistakes
In Bill Cunningham New York, a documentary about the great street fashion photographer, someone notes that Bill never took a mean photo in his life. So with Bill in mind, I’m posting this example of bad PowerPoint, not to ridicule mistake-makers (I’ve made some beauts myself!), but because it can be helpful to know “what Read More
Public Speaking Tip 71: To Get POWER from Your PowerPoint…Transition, Click, and Pause
This tip is so simple (and so much fun) that you might find yourself smiling when you use it. Why Are So Many People’s Slide Decks Lackluster? One Reason: No TRANSITIONS! Most people use PowerPoint in a truly feeble way — and I’m not talking about the overcrowded slides, incomprehensible charts, irrelevant data, and disorganized images that we see so often Read More
Public Speaking Tip 70: Use Pictures In Your Slides (Even Simple, Silly Ones are Worth Way More than 1000 Words!)
I love my Mac, and when I need help with it, I call IvanExpert — a New York tech firm that specializes in home and small business users, and makes house calls! So I was thrilled when IvanExpert co-owners Ivan Drucker and Caroline Green asked me to help them with a presentation they were making at Read More
Public Speaking Tip 63: Keep Your PowerPoint Short, Sweet, and Simple
Yeah, yeah, PowerPoint sucks. This has become a kind of business meme in the last few years, but come on, folks: Why hate on PowerPoint just because people use it badly. (And by “PowerPoint,” I mean Keynote and Prezi, too.) PowerPoint is just a tool. I mean, would you hate on a hammer because you saw somebody drive a Read More