It’s been a crazy and sad year for me personally, but the business has continued to march on. And as my dad always said “Today is a great day!” so there is plenty to celebrate as well. I have some important personal and professional updates I’d like to share. Personal updates My dad passed away […]
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How do you deliver a better presentation?… How do you simplify complex data?… How do you avoid feeling nervous before a presentation?… Presentation expert Jon Schwabish answers these questions and more in my interview with him below. Jon is the author of the 5-star rated book Better Presentations: A Guide for Scholars, Researchers, and Wonks and a
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PowerPoint is an extremely powerful tool when used correctly. But when you’re new to it, it can feel like it’s just blank screens and bullet points. It can take years (or decades) to fully master it. But I decided to save you some time… I asked the world’s leading PowerPoint experts the following question: What’s
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Most PowerPoint presentations suck. You’ve probably seen your share of bad ones. (and you may have even delivered a bad one yourself- I know I have!) That’s why I interviewed presentation guru Rick Altman to share some of his best tips on giving better presentations. Rick shares not only “why” most presentations suck, but also
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Michael Allen is well know as one of the top eLearning experts and his “Guide to e-Learning” book is on every list I’ve seen of must-have eLearning books. That’s why I’m excited that he agreed to do an interview with me and share some of his best tips for building better eLearning courses. With that,
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Wow. It’s been 5 months since I did a recap blog post. But that doesn’t mean there hasn’t been a lot going on. Actually, it’s quite the opposite. We’ve released thousands of new images, some free templates and a music track, and I’ve moved houses 3 times with 2 kids under 3 years old (yikes!).
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I recently created a photo slideshow (using PowerPoint) of my dad’s life-sized chess set sculpture that’s at Facebook (Go Dad!). I found that PowerPoint was a surprisingly powerful slideshow creation tool. And once I learned the basics, I was able to create my next slideshow in under 1 minute! Below is what I learned, as well
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April was a busy month. I moved from Santa Monica (Los Angeles) to Lake Tahoe, CA. I’m closer to family now and it’s a good life up here in the mountains. But… Moving. Is. Terrible!!! Between getting married and having two kids since our last move, we have sooooo much stuff. It makes me want
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When you have an eLearning project assigned to you, sometimes you jump right into building training without really thinking about how people learn. We all do it…. Because sometimes you just have to meet a deadline. But there’s a better way… I cornered eLearning industry expert, Julie Dirksen, and begged her to share practical tips
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In a previous post, I talked about 10 ways to use characters in your eLearning courses and also gave away 100 free character images. One of the uses I mentioned was the intro or “splash” screen. I’ve said it before, but the intro screen is the slide that I spend the most time designing in a
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