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Presentation Science Tip 4 — Disguising Our Bullet Points
Editor’s note: Will Thalheimer’s mission is to bring research-based wisdom to the workplace learning. Here he shares his wisdom on bullet points in presentations.
Browsing: presentations
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The Scientific Reason Why Bullets Are Bad for Presentations
Editor’s note: A look at the evidence that shows why we find it so difficult to process bullet point text on slides. Some good advice before you prepare for your next presentation.
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How to avoid death By PowerPoint
Editor’s note: In light of the recent Learning Technologies conference, I thought it would be useful to share some tips on how to create great PowerPoint decks.
15 Research Tools and Resources For Presentations
Editor’s note: Some good tools and data points in here – useful for content curation too.
Conflict traps for the learning and development professional and presenter
Editor’s note: This article on managing conflict in presentations ran alongside this week’s Chat2lrn Twitter chat and it provides some great insights and tips on managing conflicts when presenting. Well worth a read if you have to manage conflict, whatever the context.
7 proven presentation principles that Tokyo used to win the 2020 Olympics
Editor’s note: A deconstruction of the winning Olympic bid from Tokyo. Some great advice here.
Recent reflection #3 – a challenge
Editor’s note: Niall Gavin reflects on his ‘pitch’ to redesign compliance training at last week’s Learning and Skills Group summer conference.
Why a 20-minute presentation always beats a 60-minute one
Editor’s note: This article does exactly what it says on the tin. Don’t ever let your presentations go on for longer . . .
Make your presentations more social
Editor’s note: Mike Collins shares some tips on how he has made his presentations more social and shareable.
The Professor or The Great Danton: what type of L&D professional are you?
Editor’s note: Patrick Mallarkey looks at the two magicians in the film The Prestige – The Professor and The Great Danton – and reflects on what type of magic L&D professionals need to bring to learning events.
Do your slides pass the glance test?
Editor’s note: Nancy Duarte has written a book on persuasive presentations and is currently writing some related articles on the Harvard Business Review blog network. In this piece she urges readers to think like a designer with your deck.