Tips to shine in front of your audience. A blog by Denis Francois Gravel
I came across this brilliant infographic illustrating the shapes of stories. As good presentations are built around a good story, I taught it would be the perfect « inspiration for the next presentation ». Enjoy!
The Shapes of Stories, a Kurt Vonnegut Infographic, By Maya Eilam
Source: The Shapes of Stories, a Kurt Vonnegut Infographic. Via: holykaw.alltop.com/
How are you using story in your presentation?
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Tags: Infographic, Kurt Vonnegut, Maya Eilam, Presentation, Story
Street art and presentations have many things in common. One of them is the need to use strong visual. Why? You only have a few of attention to convey your message.
The picture above is a good example of a strong visual. Simple message. Easy to understand.
Let this picture inspire our next presentation visual design.
STREET ART AT ITS BEST: “TAKE THE STAIRS”
What visual did you use that had a great impact?
Source: Street Art At Its Best: “Take The Stairs” | Wooster Collective.
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Tags: Escalator, Image, Inspiration, Stairs
Must we kill our main characters to have a good story in our conference or presentation? Let’s take a look.
Stories are incredibly useful to grab and maintain audience interest. Are all stories equal? Apparently not.
Benjamin Starr published “The Recipe for Writing Succes? Kill Your Characters” on visualnews.com about the plot lines used in the 13 novel who won the Man Booker Prize in 2011.
Most used plots? Death comes first. Followed by love and betrayal.
Those that mean that we must kill our characters to have a good story? Not necessarily. The graphic indicate that many plots are effective. Including the death.
We just have to choose the best one to illustrate our ideas.
What kind of story you’re using ?
Source: The Recipe for Writing Success? Kill Your Characters.
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There is a new challenger in the presentation software arena. Preseria Presenter claim to be able to play everything you throw at it. That’s a good news for events organizers.
The software is in beta. I should put my hand on it next week. For now, there is not much details available, and I have a lot of questions. Does it really play everything? Is it easy to use? Can you modify the files or just open them?
If you want to participate to the beta trial, you can click on the web site link.
Source : beta.preseria.com
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Tags: Beta, Events organizer, Preseria, Software, Tools
Ever been impressed by the speaking ability of a kid? Then, watch this TED Talks video of Thomas Suarez, a 12 year old iPhone apps programmer.
TEDxManhattanBeach, Filmed Oct 2011; Posted Nov 2011
via Thomas Suarez: A 12-year-old app developer | Video on TED.com.
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