Archive for tag: slideshare

Slideshare.net 2009 contest: I’m endorsing Dan Roam

2 September, 2009 (17:23) | book review, presentation | By: jerome

Healthcare Napkins All View more documents from Dan Roam. Slideshare 2009 contest is up again, and there’s about 1 week to vote. For the contest, I’m endorsing Dan Roam and counting on everyone to vote for him and support his presentation. Previous winners of the contest include Shift happens or Thirst who got a lot [...]

The state of presentations in 2008

17 December, 2008 (14:41) | presentation | By: jerome

There have been many changes in how people understand presentations in 2008. How far have we gone? In 2008, 2 major books on the topic have been published. Presentation Zen, by Garr Reynolds, and slide:ology, by Nancy Duarte. People are accepting that a well-executed presentation can change the world. An Inconvenient Truth got nothing less [...]

Go deep rather than go wide

16 December, 2008 (11:45) | presentation | By: jerome

Yesterday, I attended a Presentation Zen webinar. One phrase that struck me was this advice to go deep rather than go wide. In a presentation, there is only so much time to present information, before everyone’s attention collapses. Rather than try to cover as much ground as possible, it’s much more efficient to focus on [...]