HOW TO [GET OTHERS TO] LISTEN
A senior executive was dismayed when she saw the results of a company-wide survey on communications. Employees felt uninformed about the strategy and how their work fit into the bigger picture.
Tis the season of “best of” lists and budgets!
Seasons Greetings
If you needed a break from online shopping, planning a post-holiday detox or procrastinating on that presentation, look no further!
QUESTION OF THE YEAR – CAN YOU ANSWER IT?
This year a request kept coming up from our clients. How can we answer the question, “What do you do?”
Write Better: 17 Copywriting Do’s and Don’ts
Great presentations start with great messages. How we say something is as important as what it is we’re saying if we want our audience to pay attention
Recycle plastic, not presentations
When you’re asked to prepare a presentation, what’s the first thing you do?
More often than not, your answer will be either “Panic” or “Open up an old presentation deck and figure out which slides I can use.”
If you have to prepare a presentation on short notice, make this your priority
Great presentations require weeks, if not months, of preparation and practice. However, we don’t always have the luxury of time: the board wants an update
Respect your audience’s time by not talking about it
If you give your audience a preview of what you’ll cover, you’re helping them follow along. If you warn them that “there’s a lot to go through,”
Visual Language, The Science of Comic Strips
Visual Language, The Science of Comic Strips
Fast Company talks to Psychologist Neil Cohn of University of California at San Diego* about the visual language of comic strips.
The 3 Step Cure for Presentation Procrastination
3 Step Cure for Presentation Procrastination from Portico. Present Better