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The Extreme Presentation(tm) Method

Extremely effective communication of complex information


I have heard from a number of faculty members recently that they are adopting Advanced Presentations by Design for use in college level presentation courses.  Dr.

This afternoon I'm giving a presentation on How to Present Complex Insights and Findings so that they are Acted on Immediately.  You can find the presentation on the Prezi site.  
 
 

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Advanced Presentations by Design is now available in Korean, from Communication Books

 
On Thursday, September 22 at 1:20 p.m. I will be speaking at the Corporate Researchers' Conference in Chicago. My topic is "How to Present Complex Insights and Findings So They Are Acted On Immediately." 

I am always on the lookout for good examples of the squint test, which is why I was happy to (re)discover Karen Bennett's website Picture It Solved, which contains some intriguing examples of concept maps and diagrams, matrices, and - something I hadn't seen before - Vee diagrams.  

Interesting post by Ruth Marcus at the Washington Post, on Mitt Romney's use of PowerPoint.  

Some people believe that Mitt Romney is unfit to be president because the health reform he instituted as Massachusetts governor included an individual mandate.  I believe Romney is unfit to be president because he used a PowerPoint presentation to defend it. America does not need a PowerPoint president. [Read more]

Prof. Kristan Wheaton, Associate Professor at the Mercyhurst College Department of Intelligence Studies, and owner of the Sources and Methods blog, is concerned about coming across as "selling":

An animated cartoon about the Federal Reserve has made quite a stir online.  "Quantitative Easing Explained" has been viewed 4.2 million times as of today, and was featured in a Wall Street Journal article in last Friday's print edition, by Ellen Gamerman, entitled "Animation Nation" (temporarily accessible without a subscription).

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