Better Typography and More Readable Text in PowerPoint

Good type treatment is critical to effective PowerPoint presentations. Learn tips on designing the best text for your slides.

Marketing Communications: How Do You Get Your Message Across to Your Customers?

All businesses, large and small, need to plan how they present messages about their products and services to their market. The message needs to be clear, consistently presented and taken up by everyone in your company that contacts the public.

Presentations to Planning Commissions for Car Washes

If you are planning to present to the planning commission in your community your plans for a carwash there are a few things you should know. There will be complete nut cases who show up with bogus environmental claims and totally bizarre reasons why you should not build your carwash.

What Are Most PowerPoint Slides Good For?

Advice on crafting a successful PowerPoint presentation.

The Big Word Trap

This article explains why you should stop using big long words during your speech or presentation.

How To Write An Artist Statement

Follow these six steps to compose a compelling artist statement - a powerful tool for creative growth as well as for business success.

Professional Fake-ism; Suit and Tie Trickery

Why do people wear suit and ties? Well, I believe this ancient tradition was formed so that the leaders could instantly hang the incompetent humans who wore them, when they just screwed up so badly they needed to be culled.

DemoCamp7 Review

DemoCamp7 was last night a quite crowed No Regrets. It's a fairly small venue so space was a premium and the demos were a little harder to understand without the lights, sounds and magic that is Mars.

Using Humor Images And Cartoons In Presentations

Any public speaker who has faced a crowd of listeners knows that humor has a great effect and brings out a point like nothing else. I have talked to many presenters and all of them say they have a number of jokes up their sleeve, as well as visual gags -- CARTOONS.

What The Devil Wore Prada Can Teach You About Dressing For Success

There's a style lesson to be learned from this film that can groom you for success.

10 Ways to Make a Point in Two Minutes

Readers are busy, and require brief, succincnt information. Author Rix Quinn shows you how to present messages quickly and powerfully.

The Sound Principle - Sound Bytes Are An Integral Part of Good Presentations!

The secret of making an impact with your presentation lies, to a great extent, on the soundtrack. The problem with a conventional PowerPoint presentation is that its final impact depends entirely on the skills and abilities of the presenter who handles it - in particular, his voice, modulation, tone and accent. Invariably, this varies from person to person, as a result of which the presentation lacks consistency.

How Do You Make Sure Your Elevator Speech Hits the Mark?

The “elevator speech” has become the essential tool for savvy business owners, entrepreneurs, and other professionals who use networking and building relationships as key strategies in their marketing efforts. You have only one chance to make a good first impression. A great elevator speech is the key to starting the conversation.