The Talkologist

Authors@Google: Garr Reynolds, Presentation Zen

Feb 11th

“Presentation designer and internationally acclaimed communications expert Garr Reynolds, creator of the most popular Web site on presentation design and delivery on the net — presentationzen.com — shares his experience in a provocative mix of illumination, inspiration, education, and guidance that will change the way you think about making presentations with PowerPoint or Keynote.

Presentation Zen challenges the conventional wisdom of making “slide presentations” in today’s world and encourages you to think differently and more creatively about the preparation, design, and delivery of your presentations. Garr shares lessons and perspectives that draw upon practical advice from the fields of communication and business. Combining solid principles of design with the tenets of Zen simplicity, this book will help you along the path to simpler, more effective presentations.

This event took place on March 21, 2008, as a part of the Authors@Google series.”

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Lynn Hirschberg speaks with Tom Cruise (The New York Times)

Feb 11th

Posted by admin in Communication

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Steve Ballmer Could Make More Money if He Presented Well

Feb 11th

Posted by admin in Content

Reuters reported that Steve Ballmer made $100,000 dollars less last year than the previous one.Interestingly, each of the next few Fridays, Distinction Services will be posting the results of their annual executive survey of the impact of presentations on an executive’s career. Their first post from last Friday stated 86.1% of executives said “communicating with a solid level of clarity and confidence directly impacts my career and income.” See? It impacts their income. Ballmer could have made more last year if he’d invested more in his presentation.

via Duarte Blog » Blog Archive » Steve Ballmer Could Make More Money if He Presented Well.

impact, presentations, training

Cory Doctorow’s MS DRM Talk, 2004

Feb 10th

Posted by admin in Audience

This talk was originally given to Microsoft’s Research Group and other interested parties from within the company at their Redmond offices on June 17, 2004.

Transcripts: http://www.dashes.com/anil/stuff/doctorow-drm-ms.html http://www.craphound.com/msftdrm.txt.

A fundamental talk about piracy, digital right management and copyright inside “Microsoft house”.

Cory Doctorow’s MS DRM Talk.

Nelson Mandela: “I am Prepared to Die”

Feb 8th

Posted by admin in Content

Above all, we want equal political rights, because without them our disabilities will be permanent. I know this sounds revolutionary to the whites in this country, because the majority of voters will be Africans. This makes the white man fear democracy.

But this fear cannot be allowed to stand in the way of the only solution which will guarantee racial harmony and freedom for all. It is not true that the enfranchisement of all will result in racial domination. Political division, based on colour, is entirely artificial and, when it disappears, so will the domination of one colour group by another. The ANC has spent half a century fighting against racialism. When it triumphs it will not change that policy.

This then is what the ANC is fighting. Their struggle is a truly national one. It is a struggle of the African people, inspired by their own suffering and their own experience. It is a struggle for the right to live.

During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.

via I am Prepared to Die.

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