Presentation Summit
Date Created: March 26th 2010
Last Updated: March 26th 2010
11/04/2011 12:31 AM
Nick Morgan at the Presentation Summit 2011
After a photo slide show by Rick Altman, Wednesday morning at the Presentation Summit 2011 graduated to Nick Morgan's keynote session. Nick started his session by stating that the only reason to give any speech has to be to change the world. He discussed working on a speech for the Governor of Virginia for a decennial commemoration of the Vietnam war. During his research, Nick found a book that contained poignant letters from soldiers at war. During the actual speech, the Governor threw away his papers and read letters from the book. The last letter he read was about a lieutenant who was writing to his daughter he had never seen, and he never lived to see her. In a way, the Governor that day did something to change the world.
10/19/2011 03:21 AM
At the Presentation Summit: Conversation with Joy Miller
Joy Miller, a technical writer for more than 16 years (12 at Microsoft), lives in the Seattle area of the state of Washington. She writes help documentation and produces how-to videos for Microsoft Office PowerPoint. You can find her industry-related posts on a regular basis at the PowerPoint Blog. In this conversation, Joy discusses the just concluded Presentation Summit.
10/12/2011 02:37 AM
Jim Endicott at the Presentation Summit 2011
Jim Endicott's keynote speech at the 2011 Presentation Summit was aptly named "We're all presenters today!" Jim did the afternoon keynote session on Tuesday, September 20th. He started with his experiences as a presentation coach after he quit InFocus Systems in 1998. He then started Distinction Communication, as a presentation design firm. Jim soon discovered that even the best slides do not necessarily result in successful presentations. So he added messaging support for his clients so that they were equipped with a proper message along with their slides. That worked well to some extent, but there was one missing facet -- the storyteller, the flesh and blood conduit for the message.
10/19/2011 03:22 AM
Garr Reynolds at the Presentation Summit 2011
Starting our virtual morning on Tuesday at the Presentation Summit was Nancy Duarte who was present with a cool videotaped message that introduced the keynote speaker of the day, Garr Reynolds. Nancy spoke highly of Garr as an amazing, honest person who has inspired her. Garr, who spoke virtually from Osaka, Japan was awake late at night to coincide with the time difference with Austin, USA. He began his talk with pictures that showed views from his bedroom window during his childhood spent in west coast USA. He joked that he could probably see across the ocean to Japan, his future home country -- even then!
09/21/2011 07:34 AM
Carmen Taran at the Presentation Summit 2011
After Nigel Holmes' morning session, the next keynote was conducted by Carmen Taran, who spoke about the power of remembrance. Carmen emphasized that it's important to understand what your audiences remember, because audiences can only act upon what they recollect. During several past sessions, Carmen has asked her audiences about which of her slides they remember. And results can depend on various factors.
09/21/2011 05:00 AM
Nigel Holmes at the Presentation Summit 2011
Nigel spoke about the difference between "simplify" and "clarify". As an example, he showed the subway map of Tokyo. Apparently, there exists a complicated looking detailed map for the city residents. On the other hand, there is a much simpler map for tourists created by Richard Saul Wurman. This map only encompasses what travelers need to know. Look at these maps in the slide figures below -- you can click on all these slides to view larger representations.
07/24/2011 10:05 PM
Presentation Summit 2011 Template Contest: Conversation with Rick Altman
Rick Altman, a presentation consultant based out of Pleasanton, CA, USA is well known as the host of the annual Presentation Summit and has a strong sense of the needs of the presentation community. He has also authored books on PowerPoint. In this conversation, Rick discusses the Template Contest for the upcoming Presentation Summit 2011, being held in Austin this September.
11/07/2010 09:08 PM
A PowerPoint Blog: Presentation Summit, Looking Back and Beyond: Conversation with Rick Altman
Rick Altman, a presentation consultant based out of Pleasanton, CA, USA is well known as the host of the annual Presentation Summit and has a strong sense of the needs of the presentation community. In this conversation, Rick discusses the just concluded Presentation Summit held in San Diego, and the next conference in this series to be held in Austin in September 2011.
04/11/2010 08:32 PM
A PowerPoint Blog: Presentation Summit Template Contest 2010: Conversation with Rick Altman
Rick Altman, a presentation consultant based out of Pleasanton, CA, USA is well known as the host of the annual Presentation Summit and has a strong sense of the needs of the presentation community. He has also authored books on PowerPoint. In this conversation, Rick discusses the Template Contest for the upcoming Presentation Summit being held in San Diego this October.
03/26/2010 08:42 AM
A PowerPoint Blog: Presentation Summit 2010: Conversation with Rick Altman
Rick Altman, a presentation consultant based out of Pleasanton, CA, USA is well known as the host of the annual Presentation Summit and has a strong sense of the needs of the presentation community. He has also authored books on PowerPoint. In this conversation, Rick discusses the upcoming Presentation Summit being held in San Diego this October.