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  • Visuals versus Text: What Makes You Say “A-Ha” Faster?
    Published 27 May 2009
    In a previous entry, “Why Communicate Visually,” it was asserted and backed by scientific study that communicating visually is a far easier and quicker way to comprehend both simple and complex information for 8 out of 10 people. Skeptical...
  • New eCourse: How to Clarify Your Message and Engage Your Audience
    Published 2 February 2009
    Too many presenters get in the way of their own message. They take basic PowerPoint® presentations and glob on unreadable data tables, unintelligible graphs, and tons of other ultimately counter-productive junk and transform a basic presentation into...
  • New eCourse: Foundations of Persuasive Presentations
    Published 27 January 2009
    Our latest addition to our growing collection of Working Smarter eCourses is Foundations of Persuasive Presentations , contributed by John Windsor, a former Broadway actor and author of The YouBlog , a fantastic presentations and communications blog....
  • Don’t Let PowerPoint® Ruin Your Presentation
    Published 21 January 2009
    Our good friend and WSN partner Rick Altman has authored a Working Smarter eCourse for us entitled “ Don’t Let PowerPoint® Ruin Your Presentation ,” which you can sign up for by clicking here . This is the first lesson of his eCourse...
  • Three Ways SmartDraw 2009 Can Make Presenting Easier for You
    Published 15 December 2008
    Given that we just published a free eCourse all about creating presentations with captivating introductions , I think now is a good time to remind some of our readers about all of the cool ways that SmartDraw can make life easier for the average businessperson...
  • New eCourse: Better Beginnings – 3 Ways to Capture Your Audience’s Attention Immediately
    Published 11 December 2008
    Over the past few months, we have been developing a number of free, online eCourses with the cooperation of a number of knowledgeable experts in various fields. Today we are proud to announce the first one of these eCourses, Better Beginnings –...
  • How to Make Your PowerPoint Presentation Come Alive With Props
    Published 2 December 2008
    This is a guest blog entry by Sean D’Souza, a seasoned copywriter, marketer, and author of The Brain Audit . You can read more about Sean and his work at his website, Psychotactics.com . Yes, we all have to give PowerPoint Presentations. But PowerPoint...
  • How Not to Make a Marketing Presentation
    Published 21 November 2008
    Recently, one of my coworkers slid a handout from a marketing presentation he had attended across my desk and asked me what I thought of the material. This company was trying to sell us something that would increase our revenue, cut our costs, etc…...
  • Presentations are not Limited to PowerPoint®
    Published 25 September 2008
    PowerPoint® is great – it’s probably the easiest tool for cranking out presentations, regardless of purpose. However, I think it’s worth mentioning that PowerPoint® isn’t the end-all, be-all of presentations. Allow me to...


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