How Dan Roam nailed his SXSW presentation
Dan Roam’s presentation was one of the highlights of SXSW 2010 for me. It was an elegant combination of rigorous thinking, conversational delivery and intelligent, integrated visuals. Rigorous thinking Dan Roam’s central message is that we can solve our problems with...
A critique of Malcolm Gladwell
Garr Reynolds from Presentation Zen has highlighted several presentations from Malcolm Gladwell. Malcolm Gladwell is a master storyteller in his books. He carries that through in his presentations. Watch the video – then read my analysis below for what you can...Six lessons in public speaking from Obama
America has elected the greatest political speaker for a generation. You may think that there’s nothing for you to learn from Barack Obama’s speechmaking skills – that speaking to 200,000 people at Grant Park, Chicago is too far removed from the...Will Smith’s keys to a great presentation
Leo Babauta from the blog Zen Habits recently posted his Top 5 most inspirational videos on YouTube. I hadn’t come across this remix of a speech by Will Smith (the remix is by TeamJonny5 – I’ve edited it slightly). It’s only 1 min 19 sec so...
What can you learn about presenting from Seth Godin?
To read a Seth Godin book is to have ideas sparked in your head on every page. Can he do the same in a presentation? I’m going to look at a presentation he delivered at TED. Have a watch and then read my analysis for what you can learn about presenting from...Got an important presentation coming up?
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