Communication is easy There are only three things to worry about: The sender — the person transmitting the message The environment — the medium the message passes through The listener — the person who receives the message Assuming a dialogue is called for (dialogues being a good thing), the sender and listener can swap places. […]
Information Overload
The world has changed When I was 15 it was hard to share information: There were three TV channels to watch, and my parents wouldn’t let me look at one of them. When I did my homework I had to go to the library to find the single book on [insert subject of choice]. I […]
Avoiding Death by PowerPoint
Selling ideas We spend our time selling ideas. We invest hours persuading people to give time, energy and resources to our projects. Then we spend more time letting them know how those projects are going. Ensuring that the all important funding and investment keeps on coming… The weapon of choice It doesn’t matter where you work — with the odd […]
If You Must Write on Your Slides…
Legibility You may have done the most comprehensive piece of analysis known to mankind. You might have discovered the secret to untold wealth, health and happiness. However… All the analysis in the world is worthless if nobody understands it and acts. So it doesn’t matter which font, image, graphic, table or chart you are using in your […]
PowerPoint, Smoke and Mirrors
A very important presentation I attended a power meeting yesterday. Lots of highly paid consultants in blue suits and incredibly shiny shoes came to tell us where we are going wrong. I sat there for an hour, looking at the screen. Slide after slide after slide passed me by. They were very impressive slides The technique […]