Merlin Mann on His Own Presentations
August 24, 2007 Filed in: Links
Did any of you feel like my last post was kind of
forced? Yeah, me too. Anyway:
43 Folders: How I made my presentations a little better
Merlin Mann of 43 Folders writes an excellent piece about his own experienced in preparing presentations. He cites some individuals I find very influential myself. He summarizes many good points, and I'll be bookmarking this link for future reference.
Here's a taste of the post:
43 Folders: How I made my presentations a little better
Merlin Mann of 43 Folders writes an excellent piece about his own experienced in preparing presentations. He cites some individuals I find very influential myself. He summarizes many good points, and I'll be bookmarking this link for future reference.
Here's a taste of the post:
I’m not suggesting your slides should undermine you, but consider sometimes showing images and text that make an orthogonal point to what you’re saying aloud to the audience at that moment. Let them discover the point (or the joke) without you leaning on it.
Let the slide serve your message, rather than letting you (and your personality and timing) be governed by the slide. That’s ‘death,’ and that’s “The Wørd.”