Rowan Manahan
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The Science Of PresentationsSplendid stuff Kevin. Crispy, unequivocal and following a clear logic. A treat to read - even on SlideShare - I’d love to see you present it in person.11 months ago
Rowan Manahan
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Cultivating CreativityReally nice. I wish I had your drawing talent - a lovely way to personalise your talks and to ensure that you are using exactly the right image rather than ’making do’ with one that’s not quite right.2 years ago
Rowan Manahan
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Taking Your Slide Deck to the Next LevelExcellent! Lovely, warm, empathic presentation Scott - but much more than that. Focused, clear, immediately applicable. An excellent resource - thank you for sharing your ideas.2 years ago
Rowan Manahan
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Planning for PresentationsPeople have communicated ideas without the benefit - or hindrance - of Slideware since we first came down from the trees. Have something worth saying and stand up and say it - it’s an age-old tradition.
I facetiously suggest using anything from Pony Express or Skywriting - precisely because, as McLuhan said, in many cases the medium is the message. 6 people sitting around a coffee table with a lengthy report. 200 people with post-it notes and lots of gophers, 1 loudhailer passed from hand to hand.
Take your pick. But if you’ve got nothing to say, no tool is going to help you. Focus on your purpose, your message and your audience and you won’t go far wrong. Once you are clear on those, the right tool will become apparent.
Hope that helps.2 years ago
Rowan Manahan
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Planning for PresentationsI’d use 1067 slides - if they made the point. People get so hung up on slide numbers still. The human eye is comfortably capable of dealing with 25 frames per second. Most of the slides in my presentations are only on screen for a brief moment - and the ones on SlideShare suffer from having to have drop-in text slides to substitute for my usual rapid-fire narration.
I would typically deliver this piece in under 15 minutes, as part of a day-long session on presentation skills. I hope that explains my thinking.2 years ago
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