We all know a solid presentation deck can be the difference between a productive meeting and an absolute snooze, but what does this mean in terms of time investment? We conducted a survey with a number of employees at a premium-subscription channel to discover exactly how they prepare for presentations. What were their headaches and [...]
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Salman Kahn Uses Video to Reinvent Education, Reminds Us How to Win Over An Audience
June 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Great Presentations
Salman Kahn discovered the power of video the day his cousins told him they preferred his YouTube videos over seeing him in person. The former hedge fund analyst had been tutoring his distant family remotely, but something about being able to play his ideas over video and then replay unclear parts over again proved [...]
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Best Presentations: Dick Hardt on Identity 2.0
February 10th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Great Presentations
This week for Best Presentation Thursday we take you back to a few years to Dick Hardt’s OSCON 2005 keynote presentation. Hardt’s commentary on Identity 2.0 is not only prescient, but it’s also uniquely engaging. His rapid fire visuals and simple screen layout lures his audience into each new idea visually with a new simple [...]
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Best Presentation List: 200 Countries, 200 Years, Four Minutes
January 27th, 2011 · No Comments · Featured, Great Presentations
It takes just four minutes for Swedish academic Hans Rosling to illustrate global development over the last 200 years. To aid him with the task, the global health professor places everything on x and y axes, starting and stopping the visualization engine on pace with his explanation. The result is stunning. Rosling’s moving graphics breathe [...]
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Best Presentations of 2010: Nathan Myhrvold on Lasers Zapping Malaria
January 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Great Presentations
Today we continue our weekly analysis of the best presentations of 2010 with Nathan Myhrvold’s TED talk on the lasers his innovative firm is using to zap malaria. What’s amazing is the way that Myhrvold takes such a complicated topic (e.g. mapping Hemozoin in red blood cells), and communicates it in a way that’s easily [...]
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