http://www.slidecoaching.com Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:07:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you want to show a lot of data, spread it out onto multiple slides, with one key message per slide. The slide shown above comes from a recent seminar.   Too many bits of information on a single slide dilute the message.  In addition, the slanted writing in the background ... http://www.slidecoaching.com/2010/06/one-message-per-slide-please/ The temptation is often present: as you build your presentation slides, you think of the messages and words you want to say, and you end up writing them on the slide. Then you look at the "wordy" slide and decide an image might help visually. So you ... http://www.slidecoaching.com/2010/05/dont-write-speech-on-slide/ It happened again. A good speaker, a good topic, a large and interested audience, but... the speaker frequently turned to look at the slides projected on the large screen behind him, effectively turning his back on much of the audience. This was not necessary because: The stage was fitted with a couple of ... http://www.slidecoaching.com/2010/04/attraction-projection-screen/ Sometimes presentations include URL links. URL stands for Universal Resource Locator and is an internet term. It generally refers to a website address such as http://www.slidecoaching.com.  If you build a presentation with PowerPoint, the URL link will automatically get underlined, it will appear in a different color and it will ... http://www.slidecoaching.com/2010/04/how-to-activate-url-links-slideshare/ Brainshark.com is a web service for creating and sharing multimedia presentations. The company holds a presentation contest each year for its customers called "Sharkie Awards", and  the winning presentations are showcased on the company website. Not all winning presentations are good, but there is one that is definitely worth taking a ... http://www.slidecoaching.com/2010/03/storytelling-marketing-sales/