blog.guykawasaki.com — An excellent blog from a venture capitalist who details how to create effective slideshows - the right amount of slides, the right length, and the right font size. A must-read for those in the business world.
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kamizuJan 3, 2006
companies should have seminars on making decent... f**k that, schools shouldn't graduate kids until they know how to make a decent presentation, be it powerpoint, flash or keynote.three things annoy me the most: too many slides, slides packed with text, and inconsistency. for the love of humanity and everything decent, use ONE font, ONE bullet image, ONE background, etc etc.these are basic tips, but helpful nonetheless. wish more people followed them.
mycroft999Jan 3, 2006
Great idea. Unfortunately it will be seized on by some management idiot who was "peter-principled" into a position of authority where they will chain every subordinate into a mold that is not meat to be concrete."But I only needed eight slides for my presentation.""Then find something to put on two more slides. Ten slides are needed, I read that on a web page once."
aforondaJan 3, 2006
Mindjet makes an awesome product i use called mindmanager, great for meetings, collaborating, and more and no i don't work from them.<a class="user" href="http://www.mindjet.com">http://www.mindjet.com</a>
Closed AccountJan 4, 2006
PowerPoint? The hell with proprietary software!
ductapemasterJan 4, 2006
@ashdigg"40 mins to make windows laptop work with the projector" been there done thatI'm totally with you. I'm a student technician at my high school and I get crappy presentations a lot...the time it takes to lug a projector, laptop, speakers, and everything else out the a room is definitely not worth it. I have seen more presentations like that Gettysburg one than you can imagine. Why can't people use their imagination (or someone else's!) these days....
noahbradleyJan 4, 2006
I recall a string of articles a while back on presentations using slides (powerpoint, keynote, whatever) for backup. Had some very good information in them. Heck, I think some were on digg. Everyone go look so that maybe, just maybe, I won't have to sit through any more horrible powerpoint slides *shudder*.
coldchilliJan 4, 2006
the point of 10 pages, is not to read off of the slides otherwise people will read your presentation and no one will listen to you. I hate presentations like that. If you want your script in slides use the notes features. Keep the slides to talking points.