There are many strong opinions about the use of PowerPoint and other slideware, but surprisingly little research. In fact, in a survey of the texts employed in public speaking courses taught within the California State University system, Jennifer Kammeyer found that only 33% of textbooks contained any sourced recommendations and of those sources listed, ...
Scott Berkun just posted a teaser video for his new book Confessions of a Public Speaker on his blog. My initial impression was that it was an exciting and quirky ad that effectively conveyed his onstage personality. I was surprised to find that this ...
At the 2009 International Professional Communication Conference I had the pleasure of meeting with Suguru Ishizaki. Suguru gave an amazing presentation of his efforts to develop a framework for understanding (and ultimately teaching) effective visual-verbal communications. The big take-away for me was that a skilled designer can use fairly subtle patterns of visuals and typography to create ...