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Planner’s > On Site Workshop My book, “slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations,” published this year by O’Reilly Media, outlines practical approaches to creating ideas, translating them into pictures, and delivering them in your own natural way. Whenever you’re preparing your next big presentation, keep the “slide:ology” manifesto handy, and remember the following advice: Remember that your audience did not come to your presentation to see you; they came to find out what you can do for them. Give them a reason for taking their time by providing content that resonates. Ensure it’s clear as to what they are to do. were born to do; getting people to feel that they have a stake in what you believe is the hard part. Communicate your ideas with strong visual grammar to engage all their senses, and they will adopt the ideas as their own. Help them see what you’re saying: Epiphanies and profoundly moving experiences come from moments of clarity. Think like a designer and guide your audience through ideas in a way that helps, not hinders, their comprehension. Appeal not only to their verbal senses, but to their visual senses as well. make pretty talking points. Instead display information in a way that makes complex information clear. Cultivate healthy relationships: A meaningful relationship between you, your slides, and your audience will connect people with content. Display information in the best way possible for comprehension, rather than focusing on what you need as a visual crutch. Content carriers connect with people. Nancy Duarte is president and CEO of Duarte Design, one of the largest design and womanowned firms in Silicon Valley. Her client list is loaded with Fortune 500 companies, including Adobe, Cisco, Google, and Hewlett-Packard. Duarte Design is a leader in presentation development and design. Her firm created the presentation for Al Gore’s documentary film, “An Inconvenient Truth.” Contact Nancy at nancy@duarte.com 5 3 1 2 Spread ideas and move people: Creating great ideas is what we Practice design, not decoration: Orchestrating the aesthetic experience through well-known but oft-neglected design practices can transform your audiences into evangelists. Don’t just 4 Norfolk’s new and renovated hotel and meeting spaces are sure to make your event more successful than ever. Several properties have been completely re-energized with freshly updated rooms, state-of-the-art meeting space and contemporary furnishings. And still just steps from Downtown’s great mix of entertainment, shopping and chef-owned restaurants. Norfolk, Virginia. Great meetings. Made easy. http://www.visitnorfolktoday.com http://www.visitnorfolktoday.com

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Successful Meetings - December 2008 Contents Editor's Note Corporate Events On the Record Calendar Research Planner Spotlight Personal Success Technology Talk Food & Beverage Professional Development Quick Tip Tools of the Trade On Site: Retire Those Tired Power-Point Slides On Site: 12 Tips for Thriving on a South African Safari Deep Impact Recession-Friendly Speakers Showing Off Hawaii Insert Places & Spaces Mississippi Gulf Coast Fort Worth South Florida Beijing Gurus

Successful Meetings - December 2008

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