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By Phillip Khan-Panni, Toastmasters International
A very high proportion of business presentations fail because they tell the wrong story. They talk about what they do, not about the benefit they offer. We all need to know what makes us interesting; it is our Added Value. If you don’t know your own Added Value, you will probably say the wrong things about yourself or about your business.
Sadly, most Elevator Speeches fail for the very same reason.
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Tagged as: Business, Guest Post, Storytelling, Toastmasters
Kurt Dupont is a solution provider who would go out of his way just to ensure he brings out the best when it comes to issues that have to deal with data-driven presentations, data visualization, and digital signage software.
He started by working at airports worldwide to set up airport databases and flight information screens. This evolved to become the basis for PresentationPoint.
In this conversation, Kurt discusses Split-Flap TV, a new venture that creates split and flap styled boards.
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Tagged as: Interviews, Kurt Dupont, PresentationPoint, Split-Flap TV
We begin with how this third quarter of 2023 is a good time to track and record your presentation activity. Patrick J McKenna of Shufflrr explains more in this guest post. Mike Power of Neuxpower talks about the amazing new features in v2 of Slidewise, a PowerPoint add-in that helps users to find, edit, and control their presentation content more efficiently.
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Tagged as: Ezine, Indezine, News, PowerPoint
The legendary Broadway composer and lyricist, Stephen Sondheim, died November 26, 2021, at the age of 91, but his legacy lives on. His many Broadway musicals earned him eight Tony Awards, multiple Grammy Awards, and a Pulitzer Prize, but he also wrote two impressive books in which he shared the secrets of his craft:
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Tagged as: Guest Post, Jerry Weissman, Opinion, Presentation Skills
Mike Power owns and runs Neuxpower, the company behind the popular file compressor NXPowerLite and the amazing PowerPoint add-in Slidewise. He has been running Neuxpower for more than 25 years, which makes him feel a tiny bit old. When at work he enjoys designing useful software, and is really loving the challenge of making Slidewise powerful, yet easy to use.
In this conversation, Mike talks about version 2 of Slidewise, a PowerPoint add-in that helps users to find, edit, and control their presentation content more efficiently.
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Tagged as: Add-in, Interviews, Neuxpower, Slidewise
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