July 13, 2009 by admin
As you are reading this post, we are hosting another Power Presenter workshop. This sold-out event is held at the San Francisco Airport Hyatt Regency. Our next workshop, on September 21, 2009, is filling up. For more information and to reserve your seat, please see our workshop page. “Jerry and Sixtus do a beautiful job teaching key presentation skills and making them relevant in The Power Presenter workshop. As the author of a new book, I have had a full calendar of webinars, speaking engagements, and interviews. I find myself reviewing my workshop takeaways as I prepare for each event. They are wonderful reminders and give me the confidence to relax, connect to the audience, and perform at my best!” Anneke Seley CEO and Founder, Phone Works Author, Sales 2.0: Improve Business Results Using Innovative Sales Practices and Technology Stay tuned for photos from this and prior workshops.
July 10, 2009 by Pearl
A silent film is defined by Wikipedia as “a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue.” The great stars of the silent era, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, performed their stories without uttering a single word. Popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s, these black and white silent films were screened in theatres accompanied by live music providing the atmosphere. During recent years, a fresh and modern type of silent film has surfaced. Unlike those classic silent films, this new generation is created with vibrant colors and three-dimensional imagery. Many
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July 8, 2009 by Jerry
To everyone’s—including the Republican Party’s—great surprise, Sarah Palin resigned as the Governor of Alaska during the July 4th weekend. To no one’s great surprise, two of the New York Times’ most mordant columnists, Gail Collins and Maureen Dowd, promptly dipped their pens in their customary acid and went after Palin. Both writers deconstructed Palin’s words and then commented on them in their usual sardonic style. For the purpose of our primary focus on how one tells one’s story, let’s concentrate on the key paragraph of Palin’s resignation announcement: Life is too short to compromise time
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July 6, 2009 by Jerry
This is the house that Jack built. This is the cat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cat, That killed the rat, That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the dog, That worried the cat, That killed the rat, That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built. The repetitive progression structure of this classic Mother Goose nursery rhyme has been applied in many variations with many stories in many cultures. In all its expressions, the progression
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July 1, 2009 by admin
In April 2009 we launched a two-week series on presentation graphics. In response to our readers, we are going to run a second series of blogs dedicated to presentation graphics. Graphics can be either your best friend or worst enemy during your presentation. Beginning Monday, July 20th, Jerry and the Power Presentations team will offer you daily insights on the role and use of graphics in presentations. Please join us.
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