by Paolo | 6 February 2013 | Blog, featured, Public speaking
“Communication is everything” says Tom Peters. Do you agree with him on the form? You should on the substance. It’s true that “perception is reality” and that (perception) comes from the communication that goes along with the underlying matter. Be that an idea,...
by Paolo | 5 February 2013 | Blog, Public speaking
Picking up on previous post on answering people who ask for help for their presentation we can dig more into how to communicate a message effectively. Although answering a question with another question is not always the best approach that is what I normally do most...
by Paolo | 2 February 2013 | Blog, Public speaking
….is becoming less classical. Being a Public Speaking Ambassador means that friends normally approach me with their next presentation asking me to have a look at it. Without a glance I could answer “There is too much content and too much text on slides” with...
by Paolo | 15 November 2012 | Blog, impress, libreoffice
Using pictures in slides is definitely a great thing because visual communication is much more effective. It’s faster, clearer and generally triggers more emotions. Adding images in LibreOffice Impress is quite simple, let’s see how to do it and avoid the...
by Paolo | 24 September 2012 | Blog, impress, libreoffice
You may want to design your visual aids to have a 16:9 ratio, also called widescreen. Why? It could be that you have a 16:9 projector, or the presentation will be shown on a widescreen monitor (and most of mobile devices now are 16:9) or it could be that you want it...
by Paolo | 5 September 2012 | Blog, impress, libreoffice
Picking the colours for a presentation’s visual aids it is something that has to be considered and done before sitting down to design them. This is true regardless whether you have a corporate palette (how to create yours?) or not. The first and foremost reason...
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