by Paolo | 30 September 2019 | Blog, Public speaking
Sometimes I am asked if is it better to use a picture or a chart to represent data (or a series of them). Charts can be complicated and boring but they are the natural tool we use to visualize numbers. Pictures are more appealing, have a higher emotional content and...
by Paolo | 22 September 2019 | Blog, LearnFromGreatSpeeches, Public speaking
This time we have a classic for #LearnFromGreatSpeeches: John Kennedy “We choose to go to the Moon”. The speech was delivered in Houston with the purpose of gaining public support for the space program Apollo. Having a clear objective is the first main...
by Paolo | 17 September 2019 | Blog, Public speaking
Bullet points are indeed a classics of many presentations. Raise your mouse if you have never seen one! With all the mouses steadily down we can ask ourselves if they are positive or note. Should you use them in your presentation slides? When I started public speaking...
by Paolo | 10 September 2019 | Blog, LearnFromTED, Public speaking
First time guest of #LearnFromTED is Hans Rosling, albeit not a new acquaintance on my site. I show clips from his presentations in my Successful Presentation and I mentioned in few posts: talking about laser pointers or how to make data cool. This time we’ll...
by Paolo | 2 September 2019 | Blog, LearnFromGreatSpeeches, Public speaking
For this #LearnFromGreatSpeeches we look at the Commencement Speech of David McCullough Jr. to the class of 2012 at Wellesley High School. It’s a remarkable one for the message he got across and also very interesting for us to learn how to craft a successful...
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