ED 262 Culture Clip & Final Project Presentations

Five tips to set yourself apart.

Conference presentations. We almost always have one coming up somewhere. So we are often thinking about how best to organise what we have to say. Now, there’s a lot written about conference p…

For artist and musician David Byrne, the medium is the message. Infographic guru Edward Tufte wants to kill the messenger.

Bored students is the least of it – the bullet point-ization of information is making us stupid and irresponsible

Blamed for a rise in passive behaviour, and a decline in curiosity among young people, this software is divisive – loved by some, hated by others – but has it had its day?

Don’t fret, we’ve all been there: You’re up late the night before Thursday and you have to teach a lesson at 8 AM the next day. So, what do you do

Haiku Deck Image Search and Template Finder Add-In for Microsoft PowerPoint gives you access to over 40 million royalty-free images and thousands of free presentation templates right from within Microsoft PowerPoint. It's fast, easy, and free!

The world's top communicators have stopped using PowerPoint. Why are you stuck in the 1980s?

So you've learned to love your content, and you're now a master at PowerPoint design...or are you? See if your typography skills are on point with these 10 typ…

We all know what it’s like to sit through a bad presentation. We can easily spot the flaws — too long, too boring, indecipherable, what have you — when we watch others speak. The thing is, when we take the stage ourselves, many of us fall into the same presentation mistakes. Here are five of [...] continue reading

Find out the biggest mistake presenters make when using PowerPoint slides. You might be putting your efforts into the wrong thing.

"Hello. My name is David Byrne, and I'm going to do an introduction to PowerPoint."

The roar of applause and cheers that greeted this deadpan statement was undoubtedly the most enthusiasm ever exhibited before a lecture held in UC Berkeley's Dwinelle Hall. Byrne, best known as the front man for the Talking Heads, proceeded to do exactly what he said he would.

Presentations can be among the most painful experiences in both school and the working world -- and that includes listening to them. The way most of us give presentations is broken and ineffective, but it doesn't have to be that way. What if small changes in the way we prepared to speak could drastically improve our dynamism and effectiveness? Gordon will explain a smart and simple approach to creating presentations that engage audience and inspire action.

Here are 15 presentation design trends that are making their way into modern slide design. Applying these trends into your PowerPoint presentations will help you stand out in a positive way.

PowerPoint is awesome, but here's the truth: some of the default features of PowerPoint can lead you down the path of creating horrible PowerPoint slides