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When Powerpoint Attacks: 6 survival tips

Posted by on October 8, 2010

If you forced me to rank the places where I would most prefer not to look like an idiot, the Harvard Kennedy School would come in fourth.   Or maybe sixth.  Some of history’s most eminent figures have spoken there, like Jack Donaghy. But even after a successful tech-check before the presentation, things can go terribly [...]

A Comedian’s Perspective on Improving PowerPoint

Posted by on July 8, 2009

I put together a few tips on engaging with your audience in your powerpoint presentation… republished from the McCombs alumni newsletter: My father always told me “redundancy is a sign of ignorance.” If he told me once, he told me a thousand times. It’s one of the most frequent mistakes I see in PowerPoint presentations, [...]