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slide:ology

slide:ology


Just added a few workshop dates for this spring! Get ‘em while they’re hot!
April 7
April 21
May 5
May 19
June 9
http://blog.duarte.com/workshop/
And while you’re at it, check out a few photos from the past workshops!

All photos courtesy of Mark Heaps

This coming Tuesday, February 23rd, is Pecha Kucha Night San Jose: Round 2! The event will be held from 7-10pm at the Sonoma Chicken Coop in downtown Campbell.
Photo Courtesy of Klein Dytham Architecture

Driving in my car, listening to Justin Timberlake’s FutureSex/LoveSound, I realized that J.T. has a really good handle on what it means to deliver a great presentation.  Nice!  Take a look.
Take some of his advice and you, too, can be a presentation rockstar!
Songwriters: Floyd Nathaniel Hills, Timothy Z. Mosley, and Justin R. Timberlake

Wow, Gates did a great job at TED this year. Why is he suddenly a great communicator and presenter? What has driven his transformation? I think it’s because he moved from presenting about his job to presenting about his passion, and suddenly he communicates well. So, is it possible that we can be so passionate about what we do that we can present software upgrades with as much care and thoughtfulness? I think so!
This year at TED, Mr. Gates talked about climate change. Not sure who’s building his content or slides, but please keep them employed!

It’s nice to be an attendee this year instead of running around the bowels of the Long Beach Performing Art Center supporting speakers. I gotta say, the presentations are of utmost caliber. There were only a couple so far were in desperate need of help.
For me, that is fantastic news. Many presenters have figured out how to build effective slides themselves. TED gives each presenter a copy of slide:ology. That, coupled with the raging success of Garr Reynolds’ books, a movement has started!

I’m connecting some pretty broad dots here but even though he’s a billionaire, Reuters reported that Steve Ballmer made $100,000 dollars less last year than the previous one.

I *heart* fan mail. There is nothing better than hearing from you guys. We’ve been getting so much mail that we’ve decided to take the load off by setting up specific accounts for different needs. Our goal is to stay better organized so we can respond to your questions faster.

If you’re interested in presentation design, you’ve heard of Cliff Atkinson. His best-selling book, Beyond Bullet Points, has inspired many people to break away from the traditionally bullet-heavy presentation format.

Matt Lauer said that the launch of Windows 7 was the most important launch Microsoft had done in ten years. If that’s true, why’d it suck so much?
Each month I receive a publication called “Vital Speeches.” Last month’s issue included a transcript of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s launch presentation. Please don’t let this speech discredit the folks at Vital Speeches, it’s a great publication.
But really, couldn’t Microsoft’s herd of press folks have come up with a catchier title?

Last year was our first year for making predictions: http://blog.duarte.com/2009/01/five-predictions-for-presentations-in-2009/. I’m late to the party again this year, but I feel pretty excited about what 2010 will bring.
In the year 2010…
1. Presentations and social media will blur.
Audience and presenters will have 2-way communication. It won’t just be about the audience twittering to the backchannel.

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