We’ve all seen one of these great PowerPoint presentations – the lights go down, the screen lights up with a high resolution picture of an elephant in the middle of a river spraying water on its back and the speaker weaves a story around it, teaching you important lessons and inspiring the bejeezus out ofRead… Read more »
This past week I was able to attend a Management Concepts training offered by my Agency focused on presenting data analysis. This was a great three day training that if you ever have the opportunity to take I highly recommend. But as I know training dollars can be thin, I’m going to share some ofRead… Read more »
TJ Walker, Media and Presentation Expert will be sponsored by the Resume Place, Inc. for a two-day class in Baltimore, MD. Learn how to speak before groups, briefings and panel interviews. What you need is Preparation and Practice. Four years ago, Kathryn Troutman traveled to New York City to practice her popular workshop curriculum, TenRead… Read more »
Today I was asked by my sister for an example of a great Prezi presentation so she could share it with her high school English class. For those that don’t know, Prezi is a presentation software that enables more zooming in and out – basically a different approach to Powerpoint. I sent my sister toRead… Read more »
Thanks to Twitter, conferences are more social and open. A few years ago, if your audience is looking down at their mobile device, it probably meant that you lost them and they were checking email. These days, audience members clacking on their devices might mean they’re tweeting something meaningful that you said. Tweets from theRead… Read more »
Like many of you, I’ve spent years working with PowerPoint. I used it in college for projects. I’ve used it throughout my career internally and externally to present ideas, processes, and results. Although it’s been around since 2009, a friend recently introduced me to “Prezi”, a different way to create dynamic and engaging presentations. IRead… Read more »
Thanks to all who came to my presentation at the ACMP 2011 conference – as promised you can find my entire presentation here! In the fall I wrote a guest post entitled, “But I Don’t WANNA Change” about using change management techniques to encourage the adoption of social media within organizations. Over the past sixRead… Read more »
How many of us have thought (or said) those words? Whether we like it or not, social media has changed the way we communicate and interact with other people. For some that change has been exciting for others it has been exhausting, but for anyone engaged in social media, they have already accomplished one thingRead… Read more »
For the past couple of months I have been concentrating on preparing to present at the Gov 2.0 conference being held here in Canberra in November this year. After much thinking, listening and talking I have finally got to a point where I think the ideas have come together. On that note I would likeRead… Read more »
This post originally appeared on my external blog, “Social Media Strategery.” Thanks to Katie Mercado, I had the opportunity to give a presentation on time management and social media at today’s 33rd Annual PRSA Maryland Chesapeake Conference. I was actually a little surprised when Katie approached as I feel like there’s so much more thatRead… Read more »