What Presenters Can Learn from Apple’s Face ID Presentation Blunder
On September 12, 2017, Apple gave a remarkable presentation on its upcoming product offerings. We saw new gadgets like the iPhone X, the Apple Watch Series 3, and the brand new features of iOS 11. We also saw something that wasn’t part of the agenda: a demo feature that didn’t work, live, on stage, and in […]
Design a Good PowerPoint Slide: Episode 6 – All About That Value
Value is the importance, worth, or usefulness of something. Therefore, if we’re discussing value on a PowerPoint slide, it’s important to make that same slide valuable, which is what we’re going to do today. THE REQUEST The email I got was from a Slide Cow follower called Tiffany. Her email is below. Hi Yoyo – […]
A Golden Rule Of Persuading Your Presentation Audience To Do Anything
The ultimate goal of a persuasive presentation is, you guessed it, to persuade your audience to do something. It sounds easy in theory, but the truth is a lot of presenters fail to convince their audience to do, well, anything. In fact, persuasive presenters often end up with an audience that isn’t even paying attention to […]
Design A Good PowerPoint Slide: Episode 5 – Keys to Success
This week’s PowerPoint tutorial will transform an ordinary “keys to success” slide into something more illustrative. Essentially, what we’re going to do is create a diagram that talks to our points. The request The email I got was from a Slide Cow follower called Ben. Check out what he wrote below. Dear Yoyo, I have […]
Please, Do Not Ban PowerPoint in Universities
There are usually two kinds of people who use PowerPoint, regardless of skill level: those who love it, and those who hate it. I’m guessing that Dr. Paul Ralph’s piece calling for universities to ban PowerPoint because it “makes students stupid and professors boring” highlights that he’s a part of the latter group. I mean, […]
Design A Good PowerPoint Slide: Episode 4 – Emoji Bar Charts
Let’s make a PowerPoint bar chart different today. And by different, I mean REALLY different. You know, by adding an emoji or two! Adding life (or, faces really) to bar charts Here’s the email I got: Dear Yoyo, I’m loving your Design A Good Slide Series! Please do mine next! I have a bar chart […]