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Presentation: Becoming Agile
Earlier this month, I was privileged to speak at Rally Software Development’s Customer Summit at the Agile Development Practices Conference in Orlando. I gave a talk called Becoming Agile. It was a...
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Start thinking like a kid
While I was flying out to San Jose this afternoon, I was re-reading Garr Reynolds’ new book Presentation Zen. If you haven’t read this book yet, run and out and get it now. It is the antidote to...
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The 5 Step PowerPoint Recovery Program
I’ve spent the past few days at the ESRI Petroleum Users Group Meeting in Houston. I’ve had the opportunity to sit through plenty of presentations in 3 days. I would have to say that not a single...
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Don’t get skewered when you speak at a conference
At the recent Where 2.0 Conference, several speakers were completely skewered during their presentations by attendees using Twitter and an IRC back channel. This phenomena is not limited to the Where...
View ArticleWorld’s Best Presentations 2008
Every year, SlideShare holds it’s annual World’s Best Presentation competition. The 2008 results are now in and can be found here. This year the judges included some of my favorite people: Guy...
View ArticleLearning to Speak
Until this week, I thought I was a pretty good public speaker. Everywhere I would give a talk, I’d always receive nice compliments from the crowd. But something happened this week that I would have...
View ArticleWhat if: We all did presentations like Starbucks?
Whether you drink Starbucks coffee or not, whether you agree with their business model or not, you have to admit that they’ve really nailed the art of communicating ideas and values using very simple...
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Bert Decker: You’ve Got to Be Believed to Be Heard
I’ve never thought of myself as a natural speaker, but a few months ago, I had the opportunity to participate in an incredible coaching experiencing with some folks from Decker Communications in a...
View ArticleAbe Lincoln: The Original Presentation Zen?
Do you know who Edward Everett was? Unless you are a serious Civil War buff, probably not. He was a Senator, Representative, Governor, Secretary of State and popular orator from Massachusetts in the...
View ArticleStarbuck’s asks: Are you in?
Yet another great visual example of Starbuck’s willingness and ability to get folks involved in some social goodness. This time, they’ve recruited MC Yogi to help get people answer the call: “What if...
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Guest Post: 7 Ways to Use Twitter to Engage Your Audience
You’ve been there before. You’re speaking at a conference and you scan the audience. You see the flood of laptops, iPhones, and Blackberries in the audience furiously Tweeting away or using some...
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Presentation Reboot
Yesterday, I had the chance to spend eight great hours with two of the best people in the presentation design business: Garr Reynolds and Nancy Duarte. I attended their very first Presentation Reboot...
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What inspires you?
I know I’ve definitely run into my fair share of writers block trying to keep this blog going and I always come up with mental blocks as a trainer and coach when I’m trying to come up with fresh ideas...
View ArticleI Love Charts
I used to love School house Rock when I was a kid. Looks like PBS Kids has updated it a bit. Here’s a cute little ditty about charts that I think everyone who uses PowerPoint can learn from (read: Keep...
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12 Things I Learned at Story Time
I was working from home yesterday and my 3-year old convinced me to go with him to Story Time at our local library. He’s so cute, I couldn’t resist. I hadn’t been to Story Time in years. In fact, the...
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10 Questions with Bert Decker
Over the past two years, I have had the good fortune to get to know Bert Decker. He is an amazing person with an incredible background. If you haven’t heard of him before, Bert Decker is a national...
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