Election Day!

November 5, 2008 By Nancy Duarte

After costing us more than the GDP of a small developing nation, election day has finally come and gone. A political cartoon seems in order. After all, cartoons have been used for persuasion and visual story telling for centuries. In my humble opinion, the best cartoons need the fewest words. The best ones are also [...]

Topic: Design, Message
Posted November 5th, 2008 at 5:06 pm by Nancy Duarte
Tags: audience, communication, metaphors, visual

Look Better Naked

August 14, 2008 By Dan Post

How Simple Sells
Presentations are ubiquitous; they exist in many mediums, across every size of business. You can often find inspiration from what works and lessons from what doesn’t in unexpected places. For example, there’s a tiny fitness facility in a strip mall near my house. For some time, I’ve been amused by its dense hand [...]

Topic: Design, Message
Posted August 14th, 2008 at 11:54 am by Dan Post
Tags: audience, inspiration, messaging, presentation, simple

Puke Stories

August 11, 2008 By Doug Neff

My Boy Scouting days are a long way off, but I keep finding little bits of learning from that time period lodged in the darker recesses of my brain.
I never thought that the cold evenings we spent huddled around damp, smoky campfires listening to each other tell stories would have had such relevance two decades [...]

Topic: Delivery, Message
Posted August 11th, 2008 at 10:34 am by Doug Neff
Tags: audience, Delivery, memories, messaging, story

Tips for Remote Presenters

July 31, 2008 By Nancy Duarte

I was recently interviewed for an article on GigaOm’s Web Worker Daily site. Their articles specialize in giving tips to workers who telecommute. Since I’d recently delivered a webinar for VizThink, I pulled from that experience to contribute to the GigaOm article.
For the presentation, I draped off the windows of my office (because I felt [...]

Topic: Delivery
Posted July 31st, 2008 at 11:31 am by Nancy Duarte
Tags: audience, webinar

4 Restaurants, 3 Days, 1 Chef

By Michael Moon

A few weeks back, my wife and I were in Washington, DC and, in addition to visiting the museums and monuments that characterize any such trip, we reprised our habit of diving into the local fare. We’re both fans of tapas, so the first night was an easy choice: Jaleo, owned and operated by chef [...]

Topic: Delivery, Diary
Posted July 31st, 2008 at 10:20 am by Michael Moon
Tags: audience, food, style, templates