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Cilmate Change Graphic

Peter Edstrom — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:33:33 +0000

The United Kingdom’s Met Office put together this graphic on climate change. I think it is one of the most informative, succinct graphics I’ve seen in a long time. Very nice.

[via Climate Progress]

The Future Circa 1975

Peter Edstrom — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:22:24 +0000

This must be one of the earliest examples of a Presentation Zen style “powerpoint” - IBM presentation slides from 1975 [via Big Contrarian].

Anyone have a near-death experience recently at the hands of an unskilled presenter? (ie Death by PowerPoint) I’d love to hear your stories!

Toyota chief: refrain from using PowerPoint

Peter Edstrom — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:31:17 +0000

Garr Reynolds reports on Toyota’s CEO Katsuaki Watanabe recent comments. Mr. Wantanbe wants his employees to minimize the use of PowerPoint. Or more precisely, minimize the ineffective (and common) use of PowerPoint. (Garr likes to call the Document-Slide combination slideuments).

In the context of a challenging economy and an atmosphere of reducing costs, what would you say of any business practice that (1) takes more time, (2) costs more money, and yet (3) appears to be less effective?

When you make presentations, do you create a stack of slideuments, or a stack of slides to go with a good presentation and informative handout?

Vegetarian Is The New Prius

Peter Edstrom — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:25:00 +0000

While reading Presentation Zen, I saw this slide by Kumar Designs as part of their “Vegetarian Is The New Prius” presentation.

You might also be interested to know that the NY Times reports “2.2 pounds of beef is responsible for the equivalent amount of carbon dioxide emitted by the average European car every 155 miles, and burns enough energy to light a 100-watt bulb for nearly 20 days.”

Review: Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery by Garr Reynolds

Peter Edstrom — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:45:00 +0000

Just finished up Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds. I really really liked it.

Merlin Mann says: “this is the book about presentations that’s needed to be written for years, and it’s just fantastic.” and also mentions it in How I made my presentations a little better (Merlin is the guy who put Inbox Zero together, which I wrote about last year)
You can also check out Garr Reynolds blog on “issues related to professional presentation design”
Or you can check out Guy Kawasaki’s interview with Garr, Ten Questions With Garr Reynolds. (Guy is one of the original Apple employees responsible for Macintosh marketing in 1984, has written 8 books, and is currently a Silicon Valley venture capitalist)