Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 16, 2010

My three favourites: Don’t abuse your visuals – Usually your visuals are posters, charts, or even a PowerPoint presentation. I have one more tip that I’ve had to learn the hard way: Tell stories – People don’t want to sit through a dry recitation of facts, statistics, policy, etc. Learn to tell stories.

PowerPoint 100

PowerPoint Google Docs Ergonomics Health 100

Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 13, 2010

Fifteen minutes later another manager comes by looking for last-minute help with a PowerPoint presentation. For example: typing a 40-slide PowerPoint presentation: two hours, provided all the material is complete. When urgent requests come in from various sources and you’re already pressed for time, how do you handle them?

Management 100

Management PowerPoint Ergonomics Health 100

Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

You don’t fire up PowerPoint and start creating slides. When Preparing for Public Speaking The boss e-mails and says you are going to be training employees on the features of the new software roll-out. What’s the first thing you do? You don’t build an outline of your presentation.

PowerPoint 100

PowerPoint Ergonomics Health 2007 100